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\u201cA simple and a proper function of government is just to make it easy for us to do good and difficult for us to do wrong.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jimmy Carter<\/strong>, 39th President of the United States<\/p>\n

\u201cOur Nation\u2019s Past and Future\u201d (15 July 1976) Presidential candidacy acceptance speech, Democratic National Convention, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY; transcript online via The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum<\/em>, \u2018Acceptance Speech,’ www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf635381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Presidential candidate nomination acceptance speech]:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is time for our government leaders to respect the law no less than the humblest citizen, so that we can end once and for all a double standard of justice. A simple and proper function of government is just to make it easy for us to do good and difficult for us to do wrong.<\/span>\u201d (p. 4 of Carter Library online document)<\/p>\n

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Source link<\/em><\/span><\/strong>: \u201cAcceptance Speech\u201d (15 July 1976) Jimmy Carter Presidential Library [.pdf file]: https:\/\/www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov\/assets\/documents\/speeches\/acceptance_speech.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc5381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cA strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It\u2019s the weak nation, like the weak person, who must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jimmy Carter<\/strong>, 39th President of the United States<\/p>\n

Presidential campaign address to Liberal Party members (14 October 1976) New York, NY; cited in \u201cCarter Proposes Freeze on Building Atomic Weapons,\u201d Bill Boyarsky, The Los Angeles Times<\/em>, Vol. XCV, Part I, 15 October 1976, p. 12, column 2 [article begins on page one]; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service] www.newspapers.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1453315829287-33b1178b-1c815381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Misquote note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Some websites have misquoted Carter by replacing the articles \u2018a\u2019 and \u2018that\u2019 replacing \u2018the\u2019 and \u2018who\u2019 in the second sentences:<\/p>\n

Carter’s original words<\/em><\/span>: “It\u2019s the weak nation, like the weak person, who must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Misquote<\/em><\/span>: \u201cIt\u2019s a<\/u> weak nation, like a<\/u> weak person, that<\/u> must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315829475-7c82a017-1e625381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Speech to members of the New York Liberal Party]:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have suffered enough in this country because Presidents and their advisers have felt it necessary to prove their supposed \u2018toughness\u2019 by pursuing rash and ultimately tragic policies. It is time for our foreign policy to concern itself with real wisdom rather than imagined toughness.<\/p>\n

A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others,\u201d Carter said. \u201cIt is the weak nation, like the weak person, who must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.<\/span>\u201d (p. 12, column 1)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c5381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/span><\/strong><\/em>: \u201cCarter Proposes Freeze on Building Atomic Weapons\u201d (15 October 1976) online via The Los Angeles Times <\/em>& Newspapers.com [subscription service]: https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/383416165\/?terms=%22A%2Bstrong%2Bnation%2C%2Blike%2Ba%2Bstrong%2Bperson%22<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cAmerica did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way round. Human rights invented America.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jimmy Carter<\/strong>, 39th President of the United States<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Jimmy Carter\u2019s Farewell Address\u201d (14 January 1981) Nationally televised address, Washington, D.C; transcript online via The Jimmy Carter Library Presidential Library & Museum<\/em>, \u201cSelected Speeches of Jimmy Carter,\u201d post update 11 March 2015, www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Farewell address, before stepping down as President of the United States. Carter lost to Ronald Reagan in the 1980 U.S. presidential election.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cAmerica did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way round. Human rights invented America.<\/span> Ours was the first nation in the history of the world to be founded explicitly on such an idea. Our social and political progress has been based on one fundamental principle \u2013 the value and importance of the individual. The fundamental force that unites us is not kinship or place of origin or religious preference. The love of liberty is a common blood that flows in our American veins.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span> [transcript<\/span> <\/em><\/strong>\u2013 Accessed Oct. 2015]: \u201cPresident Jimmy Carter\u2019s Farewell Address\u201d (14 Jan. 1981) The Jimmy Carter Library: https:\/\/www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov\/assets\/documents\/speeches\/farewell.phtml<\/a><\/p>\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span> [video<\/em><\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Accessed Oct. 2015] \u201cExcerpt from President Jimmy Carter\u2019s Farewell Address to the Nation\u201d (14 Jan. 1981) The Carter Center, via YouTube \u2013 quoted line can be heard at 1:17 minutes of 2:29 minute video: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mQXluxavMxY<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cHistory teaches, perhaps, very few clear lessons. But surely one such lesson learned by the world at great cost is that aggression, unopposed, becomes a contagious disease.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jimmy Carter<\/strong>, 39th President of the United States<\/p>\n

Public update following the Soviet Union\u2019s decision to send 50,000 troops into Afghanistan, \u201cAddress to the Nation on the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan\u201d (4 January 1980) White House television & radio address, Washington, D.C.; transcript online via The American Presidency Project<\/em>, eds. Gerhard Peters & John T. Woolley, University of\u00a0California, Santa Barbara, www.presidency.ucsb.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Televised address]:<\/p>\n

\u201cAlong with other countries, we will provide military equipment, food, and other assistance to help Pakistan defend its independence and its national security against the seriously increased threat it now faces from the north. The United States also stands ready to help other nations in the region in similar ways.<\/p>\n

Neither our allies nor our potential adversaries should have the slightest doubt about our willingness, our determination, and our capacity to take the measures I have outlined tonight. I have consulted with leaders of the Congress, and I am confident they will support legislation that may be required to carry out these measures.<\/p>\n

History teaches, perhaps, very few clear lessons. But surely one lesson learned by the world at great cost is that aggression, unopposed, becomes a contagious disease.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf635381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/span><\/strong>: \u201cAddress to the Nation on the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan\u201d (4 Jan. 1980) The American Presidency Project<\/em>: http:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/ws\/?pid=32911<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cI<\/strong>f you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jimmy Carter<\/strong>, 39th President of the United States<\/p>\n

\u201cRemarks at the National Convention of the Future Farmers of America (FFA)\u201d (9 November 1978) Speech to honor 50th anniversary of the FFA, text in Public <\/em>Papers of the President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, 1978<\/em>, Book II \u2013 June 30 to December 31, 1978, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 1996, column 2; online via Google Books, books.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Speech to Future Farmers of America convention attendees]:<\/p>\n

\u201cEven when you are successful partially \u2013 in cutting the unemployment rate 25 percent, adding 6 \u00bd million new jobs, increasing farm income 25 percent in the last year, trying to impose economic justice on our Nation \u2013 you still become identified with not necessarily the solution, but you\u2019ve become identified with the remaining portion of the problem.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s always a mistake to try for universal approbation, universal approval, because if you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.<\/span>\u201d (p. 1996)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Speech in Public Papers of the President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, 1978<\/em>, (9 November 1978) Google Books: https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=i6IPy0Yi0ycC&pg=PA1996&lpg=PA1996&dq=If+you+fear+making+anyone+mad,+then+you+ultimately+probe+for+the+lowest+common+denominator+of+human+achievement<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cIn a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close-knit communities, and our faith in\u00a0God, too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption. Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns.\u00a0But we’ve discovered that owning things and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning.\u00a0We’ve learned that piling up material goods cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no confidence or purpose.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jimmy Carter<\/strong>, 39th President of the United States<\/p>\n

\u201cCrisis of Confidence\u201d (15 July 1979) Public televised speech addressing the energy crisis, Washington, D.C.; transcript & video [33:04 minutes] online via \u201cPresident Carter\u2019s \u201cCrisis of Confidence\u201d Speech,\u201d The Miller Center of Public Affairs<\/em>, University of Virginia, www.millercenter.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Televised speech]:<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a people we know our past and we are proud of it. Our progress has been part of the living history of America, even the world. We always believed that we were part of a great movement of humanity itself called democracy, involved in the search for freedom, and that belief has always strengthened us in our purpose. But just as we are losing our confidence in the future, we are also beginning to close the door on our past.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close-knit communities, and our faith in\u00a0God, too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption. Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns.\u00a0But we’ve discovered that owning things and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning.\u00a0We’ve learned that piling up material goods cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no confidence or purpose.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf635381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cPresident Carter\u2019s \u201cCrisis of Confidence\u201d Speech\u201d (15 July 1979) The Miller Center of Public Affairs: http:\/\/millercenter.org\/the-presidency\/presidential-speeches\/july-15-1979-crisis-confidence-speech<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cMy faith demands \u2013 this is not optional<\/em> \u2013 my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jimmy Carter<\/strong>, 39th President of the United States<\/p>\n

Interview with Carter biographer Jim Wooten, \u201cThe Peacemaker\u201d (January 1995) Jim Wooten, The New York Times Magazine<\/em>; reprint in The Eugene Register-<\/em>Guard<\/em>, 29 January 1995, p. B1, column 2 of article [p. 11 of full issue .pdf]; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service] www.newspapers.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Interview remarks]:<\/p>\n

\u201cHe takes his monthly mundane turn tending to the yard of his church or flies halfway around the world to seek a cease-fire in the Bosnian war for precisely the same reason. \u201cI have on life and one chance to make it count for something,\u2019 he explains, or tries to. \u201cI\u2019m free to choose what that something is, and the something I\u2019ve chosen is my faith. Now, my faith goes beyond theology and religion and requires considerable work and effort. My faith demands \u2013 this is not optional<\/em> \u2013 my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I can, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cThe Peacemaker\u201d (January 1995) Eugene Register-Guard<\/em>; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service]: https:\/\/news.google.com\/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19950129&id=PklWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4428,6866267&hl=en<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cPenalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jimmy Carter<\/strong>, 39th President of the United States<\/p>\n

\u201cDrug Abuse Message to Congress\u201d (2 August 1977) White House Presidential Message to the U.S. Congress, Washington, D.C.; text online via Gerhard Peters & John T. Wooley, The American Presidency Project<\/em>, University of California, Santa Barbara, www.presidency.ucsb.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Speech before U.S. Congress]:<\/p>\n

\u201cPenalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself<\/span>; and where they are, they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession of marijuana in private for personal use. We can, and should, continue to discourage the use of marijuana, but this can be done without defining the smoker as a criminal.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cDrug Abuse Message to Congress\u201d (2 August 1977) American Presidency Project: http:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/ws\/?pid=7908<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cT<\/strong>he duty of our generation of Americans is to renew our nation\u2019s faith \u2013 not focused just against foreign threats, but against the threat of selfishness, cynicism and apathy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jimmy Carter<\/strong>, 39th President of the United States<\/p>\n

Presidential State of the Union address (23 January 1979) Televised address to public & 96th U.S. Congress, House Chamber, Capitol building, Washington, D.C., transcript via \u201cThe State of the Union Address Delivered Before a Joint Session of Congress,\u201d eds. Gerhard Peters & John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project<\/em>, University of California Santa Barbara; online via The American Presidency Project, www.presidency.ucsb.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Presidential State of the Union address]:<\/p>\n

“To establish those values, two centuries ago a bold generation of Americans risked their property, their position, and life itself. We are their heirs, and they are sending us a message across the centuries. The words they made so vivid are now growing faintly indistinct, because they are not heard often enough. They are words like “justice,” “equality,” “unity,” “truth,” “sacrifice,” “liberty,” “faith,” and “love.”<\/p>\n

These words remind us that the duty of our generation of Americans is to renew our Nation’s faith\u2014not focused just against foreign threats but against the threats of selfishness, cynicism, and apathy.<\/span>”<\/p>\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cThe State of the Union Address Delivered Before a Joint Session of the Congress\u201d (23 Jan. 1979) The American Presidency Project: http:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/ws\/?pid=32657<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cThe United States has alienated its allies, dismayed its friends, and inadvertently gratified its enemies by proclaiming a confused and disturbing strategy of preemptive war.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jimmy Carter<\/strong>, 39th President of the United States<\/p>\n

Address to Democratic National Convention (26 July 2004) political speech to rally support for American presidential candidate John Kerry; speech transcript \u201cFormer President Carter\u2019s Remarks to the Democratic National Convention,\u201d 26 July 2004, FDCH e-Media, in The Washington Post<\/em>, Washington, D.C: Washington Post; online via www.washingtonpost.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Political party convention speech]:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a difference these few months of extremism have made. The United States has alienated its allies, dismayed its friends, and inadvertently gratified its enemies by proclaiming a confused and disturbing strategy of preemptive war.<\/span> With our allies disunited, the world resenting us, and the Middle East ablaze, we need John Kerry to restore life to the global war against terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cFormer President Carter\u2019s Remarks to the Democratic National Convention\u201d (26 July 2004) The Washington Post: http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A16368-2004Jul26.html<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cThe view that the Almighty considers women to be inferior to men is not restricted to one religion or tradition….The truth is that male religious leaders have had — and still have — an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jimmy Carter<\/strong>, 39th President of the United States<\/p>\n

\u201cSpeech by Jimmy Carter to the Parliament of the World\u2019s Religions\u201d (3 December 2009) Melbourne, Australia; delivered remotely via video from Atlanta, Georgia; transcript online via The Carter Center<\/em>, www.cartercenter.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Speech to the Parliament of the World\u2019s Religions]:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe view that the Almighty considers women to be inferior to men is not restricted to one religion or tradition<\/span>. Its influence does not stop at the walls of the church, mosque, synagogue, or temple. Women are prevented from playing a full and equal role in many faiths, creating an environment in which violations against women are justified.<\/p>\n

The truth is that male religious leaders have had — and still have — an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong>:<\/span> \u201cSpeech by Jimmy Carter to the Parliament of the World\u2019s Religions\u201d (3 Dec. 2009) The Carter Center: http:\/\/www.cartercenter.org\/news\/editorials_speeches\/parliament-world-religions-120309.html<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cTo be true to ourselves, we must be true to others. We will not behave in foreign places so as to violate our rules and standards here at home, for we know that the trust which our Nation earns is essential to our strength.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jimmy Carter<\/strong>, 39th President of the United States<\/p>\n

\u201cInaugural Address of President Jimmy Carter\u201d (20 January 1977) Nationally televised address, Washington, D.C.; online via \u201cSelected Speeches of Jimmy Carter,\u201d Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum<\/em>, www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Presidential inaugural address]:<\/p>\n

\u201cOur Nation can be strong abroad only if it is strong at home. And we know that the best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.<\/p>\n

To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others. We will not behave in foreign places so as to violate our rules and standards here at home, for we know that the trust which our Nation earns is essential to our strength.<\/span>”<\/p>\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: [transcript<\/span><\/strong>]: \u201cInaugural Address of President Jimmy Carter\u201d (20 Jan. 1977) Jimmy Carter Presidential Library: https:\/\/www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov\/assets\/documents\/speeches\/inaugadd.phtml<\/a><\/p>\n

Source link <\/em><\/strong><\/span>[video<\/span><\/strong>]: \u201cPresident Jimmy Carter\u2019s Inaugural Address\u201d (20 Jan. 1977) Miller Center of Public Affairs, via YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0PBAL5LmnsU<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cWar may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other\u2019s children.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jimmy Carter<\/strong>, 39th President of the United States<\/p>\n

Lecture following Carter\u2019s acceptance of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, \u201cJimmy Carter – Nobel Lecture\u201d (10 December 2002) Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway; online via the official Nobel Prize website, Nobel Media AB, www.nobelprize.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Closing remarks, Nobel Lecture]:<\/p>\n

\u201cWar may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other\u2019s children<\/span>. The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices. God gives us the capacity for choice. We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes \u2013 and we must.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cJimmy Carter \u2013 Nobel Lecture\u201d (10 December 2002) Nobel Media AB: http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/2002\/carter-lecture.html<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cWe cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jimmy Carter<\/strong>, 39th President of the United States<\/p>\n

\u201cThe State of the Union\u201d (23 January 1979) Presidential address before a joint session of Congress, 96th Congress, Washington, D.C., text in \u201cAdministration of Jimmy Carter, 1979,\u201d Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Jimmy Carter, 1979, Book I \u2013 Jan. 1 <\/em>to June 22, 1979<\/em>, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 104, column 1; online via Google Books, books.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Presidential State of the Union address]:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.<\/span><\/p>\n

In our economy, it is a myth that we must choose endlessly between inflation and recession. Together, we build the foundation for a strong economy, with lower inflation, without contriving either a recession with its high unemployment or unworkable, mandatory government controls.<\/p>\n

In our government, it is a myth that we must choose between compassion and competence. Together, we build the foundation for a government that works \u2013 and works for people.\u201d (GPO, p. 104)<\/p>\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cThe State of the Union\u201d (23 Jan. 1929) Google Books: https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=j_5-9zWaBI0C&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&dq=We+cannot+resort+to+simplistic+or+extreme+solutions+which+substitute+myths\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cWe have the heaviest concentration of lawyers on Earth \u2013 1 of every 500 Americans; three times as many as are in England, four times as many as are in West Germany, twenty-one times as many as there are in Japan. We have more litigation, but I am not sure that we have more justice. No resources of talent and training in our own society, even including the medical care, is more wastefully or unfairly distributed than legal skills.<\/p>\n

Ninety percent of our lawyers serve 10 percent of our people.\u00a0We are over-lawyered and under-represented.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jimmy Carter<\/strong>, 39th President of the United States<\/p>\n

\u201cLos Angeles, California Remarks at the 100th Anniversary Luncheon of the Los Angeles County Bar Association\u201d (4 May 1978) Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles Music Center; transcript online via The American Presidency Project, eds. Gerhard Peters & John T. Woolley, University of California, Santa Barbara, www.presidency.ucsb.edu<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [None. Full paragraph cited. From speech to Los Angeles County Bar Association]\n

\u201cWe have the heaviest concentration of lawyers on Earth \u2013 1 of every 500 Americans; three times as many as are in England, four times as many as are in West Germany, twenty-one times as many as there are in Japan. We have more litigation, but I am not sure that we have more justice. No resources of talent and training in our own society, even including the medical care, is more wastefully or unfairly distributed than legal skills.<\/p>\n

Ninety percent of our lawyers serve 10 percent of our people.\u00a0We are over-lawyered and under-represented.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cLos Angeles, California Remarks at the 100th Anniversary Luncheon of the Los Angeles County Bar Association\u201d (4 May 1978) American Presidency Project<\/em>: http:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/ws\/?pid=30750<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cWe live in a time of transition, \u00a0an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. \u2026 During the period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations.\u00a0We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries but necessities\u2014 not the salt in our bread but the bread itself.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jimmy Carter<\/strong>, 39th President of the United States<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Jimmy Carter\u2019s Farewell Address\u201d (14 January 1981) Nationally televised address, Washington, D.C; transcript online via The Jimmy Carter Library<\/em>, \u201cSelected Speeches of Jimmy Carter,\u201d post update 11 March 2015, www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Final national address as President of the United States]\n

\u201cWe live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century.<\/span> It will be a period of tensions both within nations and between nations — of competition for scarce resources, of social political and economic stresses and strains.\u00a0During the period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations.<\/span><\/p>\n

We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries but necessities\u2014 not the salt in our bread but the bread itself.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong> <\/span>[transcript<\/strong><\/span>]: \u201cPresident Jimmy Carter\u2019s Farewell Address\u201d (14 Jan. 1981) The Jimmy Carter Library: https:\/\/www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov\/assets\/documents\/speeches\/farewell.phtml<\/a><\/p>\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span> [video<\/strong><\/span>]: \u201cExcerpt from President Jimmy Carter\u2019s Farewell Address to the Nation\u201d (14 Jan. 1981) The Carter Center, via YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mQXluxavMxY<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cWe should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jimmy Carter<\/strong>, 39th President of the United States<\/p>\n

Speaking to a Baptist Bible Class (March 1976) Church name not provided, Plains, Georgia; cited in \u201cI\u2019ll Never Lie to You\u201d Jimmy Carter in His Own Words<\/em>, Carter statements compiled by Boston Globe reporter Robert L. Turner, New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1976, p. 77<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: We could not locate an earlier print source of the quote. Although a number of newspapers also featured the quote following the release of \u201cI\u2019ll Never Lie to You\u201d Jimmy Carter in His Own Words<\/em>, it should be noted that the quote appears in Turner\u2019s book without additional context.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013 \u201cI\u2019ll Never Lie to You\u201d Jimmy Carter in His Own Words<\/em> (1976) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0345257022<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Jimmy Carter – Misattribution<\/strong><\/em><\/span>:<\/p>\n

\u201c[I<\/strong>]f you\u00a0don’t want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying that you want a country based on Christian values. Because you don’t<\/strong>.<\/span>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~John Fugelsang<\/strong><\/span>, American actor & comedian<\/p>\n

Comment on an American Congressman\u2019s efforts to reduce funding for food assistance for the poor, on his satiric \u201cViewpoint\u2019s Revoltingly Fake Christian of the Week\u201d televised segment (29 May 2013) Viewpoint<\/em>, Current TV; online via Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1453315829287-33b1178b-1c815381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Misattribution note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Fugelsang\u2019s quote has been misattributed online to American president & humanitarian Jimmy Carter<\/strong><\/span>. While Carter has expressed somewhat similar sentiments, we could not find any record of him making this statement.<\/p>\n

Credit to<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Our findings aligned with earlier work by researcher David Mikkelson<\/strong><\/span>, the founder of Snopes <\/strong>– <\/span>a research-based and independent online resource when you want to fact-check urban legends, shared social media \u2018facts,\u2019 and other Internet missives. Mikkelson\u2019s original post, \u201cPoor Relations\u201d (23 March 2015) can be viewed here: http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/politics\/quotes\/carterpoor.asp<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Television show commentary]\n

\u201cCongressman Stephen Fincher, a Republican from Tennessee, just took the Bible so far out of context he had to apply for a visa.
\nFincher is a fierce opponent of food aid for poor Americans. You know, like Jesus. He recently fought to cut\u00a0$4.1 billion\u00a0from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. If you only watch Fox, that means ‘food stamps.’ And thanks to the fine work of Fincher and his colleagues,\u00a02 million working American families, children and seniors have already been cut off from food assistance.
\nSo during a recent House agricultural committee debate, he decided to show how Christian it is to turn your back on unemployed suffering Americans by quoting one of the favorite Bible passages of revoltingly fake right-wing Christians \u2014\u00a02 Thessalonians 3:10\u00a0\u2014 “anyone unwilling to work should not eat.”
\nFincher and the GOP …they cut services for the poor and taxes for the rich. And it\u2019s a free country. They’re allowed.\u00a0But if you don’t want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values. Because you don’t.<\/span>\u00a0And that’s why representative Fincher is our ‘revoltingly fake Christian of the week’.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf635381-89e5e88d-05e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Viewpoint (29 May 2013) Video & transcript online via Internet Archive (Note<\/em><\/strong>: transcript is not<\/u> accurate on this link. Relevant 1:05-minute video segment can be viewed at the 5:59pm mark.): https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/CURRENT_20130530_000000_Viewpoint<\/a><\/p>\n

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Credit to<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Researcher David Mikkelson<\/strong><\/span>, the founder of Snopes<\/strong><\/span>, a research-based and independent online resource when you want to fact-check urban legends, shared social media \u2018facts,\u2019 and other Internet missives. Mikkelson\u2019s original post, \u201cPoor Relations\u201d (23 March 2015) can be viewed here: http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/politics\/quotes\/carterpoor.asp<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” el_class=”Wrapper-Author-Resources”]Learn more about Jimmy Carter <\/strong><\/span>| Here are a few good places to find out more –<\/p>\n