“I don’t have any problem with the Jewish people.”

— Jimmy Carter

As quoted in "Who’s Afraid of Jimmy Carter?" by Amy Wilentz, in New York Magazine (20 July 2008) http://nymag.com/news/politics/48675/index2.html
Post-Presidency
Context: Since I was 18 years old, I have taught the Bible. For the last fifteen or twenty years, I have taught every Sunday when I was home or near my own house, so that would be 35 or 40 times per year. Half of those Sundays, the text comes from the Hebrew Bible. I have had a deep personal interest in the Holy Land and in the teachings of the Hebrew people. God has a special position for the Jewish people, the Hebrews, or whatever. I know the difference between ancient Israel and Judaea, and I know the history. I don’t have any problem with the Jewish people.

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