Beloved for his folksy wisdom, the former president was famously quotable. From his thoughts on his profound faith to his political career to his nearly 80 year marriage to wife Rosalynn, here are some of Carter's most inspiring and memorable quotes. "America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense... human rights invented America."

Carter once allegedly said that weak nations, like weak people, "must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity."

O f all the men who have served as president of the United States, few expressed their love for their family quite like Jimmy Carter. The former commander-in-chief, who sadly died

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died at his home in Plains, Georgia. His death comes more than a year after the former president entered hospice care.

— July 1946: Carter marries Rosalynn Smith, in Plains. They have four children, John William (“Jack”), born 1947; James Earl 3rd (“Chip”), 1950; Donnel Jeffrey (Jeff), 1952; and Amy Lynn, 1967. — 1946-1953: Carter serves in a Navy nuclear submarine program, attaining rank of lieutenant commander.

I could have wiped Iran off the map,” Jimmy Carter told CNBC in 2014. Memorable quotes from the 39th president.

We walked down East Capitol Street with Jami and Jamie Hayes, who joined the thousands who came to the Capitol Tuesday night to pay tribute to Jimmy Carter.

The National Funeral for former President Jimmy Carter was Thursday morning in Washington, D.C. Here's who we have seen