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The words I spoke about my dear friend both at my inauguration and at his funeral still ring true today for myself and for our nation: I thank my predecessor of all he did to heal our land."
In 2017, Carter was awarded the Gerald R. Ford Medal for Distinguished Public Service and said I've looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times."
In a now infamous Playboy interview that was published weeks before the 1976 presidential election, Carter said If you ask me, if you ask a historian, 'of all the former presidents that have served in this country in the last 200 years who are the two that have become the closest personal friends,' it would be the two on the stage tonight."
At an event in 2000 alongside Ford, Carter said Healthy habits and his faith are a lot of the reasons why he is still with it today,
Stuckey said, referencing Carter’s penchant for fresh food and exercise Your commitment to a better world, and your unwavering belief in the power of human goodness continues to be a guiding light for all of us,
We are thrilled that the president from this little town is going to be the only president to ever live to be 100 years old,
Jill Stuckey, superintendent of the National Park Service’s Jimmy Carter historical site and longtime family friend, told AFP Jimmy’s a good man, he’s a godly man, and that’s what people like about him,
the 59-year-old retired firefighter said Instead of him saying we’ll do this, he would ask your opinion,
Battle, a board member of the organization, remembers fondly how he would attend meetings ... she told AFP I think he has a complicated legacy but it really boils down, to me and I think, for him, that he lived out his faith and the commandment to love your neighbour as yourself in a way that made him respect people,
Carter’s grandson, Jason Carter, told the local 11Alive news station ahead of the ex-president’s birthday You’re a voice of courage, conviction, compassion, and most of all, a beloved friend of [First Lady] Jill and me and our family,
And he used that respect to tell the truth. He used that respect to promote human rights,
My mom spent most of her life in love with my dad. Their partnership and love story was a defining feature of her life,
We're always looking to do things or find things we can do together, like fly fishing and bird watching and just going out to the pond,
Rosalynn Carter also added He's an amazing grandpa, honestly. I love him so much. I call him Papa,
Wentzel said of the former president Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished,
former President Jimmy Carter said in a statement at the time We've survived this long together because first of all, we give each other plenty of space to do our own thing,
'Chip' is Hawaiian for 'baby' and my blue armband when I was born had 'Chip Carter' written on it, which meant 'baby Carter' and that's how I got the name Chip,
I will always love my mother. I will cherish how she and Dad raised their children. They'd given us such a great example of how a couple should relate. Let me finish by saying that my mother, Rosalynn Carter, was the most beautiful woman I've ever met and pretty to look at, too. Thank you,
Not everybody gets 100 years on this earth, and when somebody does, and when they use that time to do so much good for so many people, it's worth celebrating,
added the younger Carter, who is chairman of the Carter Center, the human rights organization set up by his grandparents It's funny, President Carter has accomplished so much and rarely ever fails. But the one thing that he's not been good at is hospice,
said Jill Stuckey, a family friend of the Carters for more than 30 years and the superintendent of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Park in Plains