Jimmy Carter

Born in Plains,Georgia,Jimmy Carter was 39th president of the United States (1977-81) and served as the nation’s chief executive during a time of serious problems at home and abroad.Carter’s perceived mishandling of these issues led to defeat in his bid for reelection.

He later turned to diplomacy and advocacy,for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2002.

Carter and his wife Rosalynn founded the Carter Center in 1982,a nongovernmental,not-for-profit organization that works to advance human rights.He has traveled extensively to conduct peace negotiations,observe elections and advance disease prevention and eradication in developing nations.

Date of birth:
1st October, 1924
Date of death:
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"My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of skills in every profession. The military should be no exception."
― Jimmy Carter
Topic(s): Women
"I had very good support from Democrats and Republicans all throughout my administration. I had a very high batting average. We added more jobs per year in my four years than any other president since the Second World War."
― Jimmy Carter
Topic(s): War
"There’s no doubt that usually a president’s public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me."
― Jimmy Carter
Topic(s): War
"I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over."
― Jimmy Carter
Topic(s): Time
"When I was in the White House, I was confronted with the challenge of the Cold War. Both the Soviet Union and I had 30,000 nuclear weapons that could destroy the entire earth and I had to maintain the peace."
― Jimmy Carter
Topic(s): Peace
"When I was elected President nobody asked me to negotiate between Israel and Egypt. It was not even a question raised in my campaign. But I felt that one of the reasons that I was elected President was to try to bring peace to the Holy Land."
― Jimmy Carter
Topic(s): Peace
"My constant prayer, my number one foreign goal, is to bring peace to Israel. And in the process to Israel’s neighbours."
― Jimmy Carter
Topic(s): Peace
"Because I know about the Holy Land, I’ve taught lessons about the Holy Land all my life, and – but you can’t bring peace to Israel without giving the Palestinian also peace. And Lebanon and Jordan and Syria as well."
― Jimmy Carter
Topic(s): Peace
"On balance, my life has been a constant stream of blessings rather than disappointments and failures and tragedies. I wish I had been re-elected. I think I could have kept our country at peace. I think I could have consolidated what we achieved at Camp David with a treaty between Israel and the Palestinians."
― Jimmy Carter
Topic(s): Peace
"We cannot be both the world’s leading champion of peace and the world’s leading supplier of the weapons of war."
― Jimmy Carter
Topic(s): Peace

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