Jimmy Carter : (4) " Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense of nationhood. " - Jimmy Carter " America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America. " - Jimmy Carter " Unfortunately, after Sept. 11, there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism, and the Bush administration was very shrewd and effective in painting anyone who disagreed with the policies as unpatriotic or even traitorous. " - Jimmy Carter " Testing oneself is best when done alone. " - Jimmy Carter