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.
JC
Jimmy CarterA Government as Good as Its People (1977)
About Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President and Nobel Peace Prize winner known for humanitarian work. (1924-2024)
More from Jimmy Carter
- Let us learn together and laugh together and work together and pray together, confident that in the end we will triumph together in the right.Inaugural Address (1977)
- The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.Nobel Peace Prize lecture (2002)
- We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace.Nobel Peace Prize lecture (2002)
- Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished.Statement on the death of Rosalynn Carter (2023)
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