Statement on President Carter’s Health
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Statement on President Carter’s Health
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#2I have a lot of respect for Carter. Not only did he really seem interested in world peace instead of the warmongering from the MIC, he also remained active for all these years furthering humanitarian causes. And he was a brilliant nuclear engineer who cleaned up a nuclear accident with this team in Canada.
I know he wasn't popular in the US which I don't really understand. It sounds to me like he fought the vested big money interests too much and they campaigned against him. I'm a European though and as such I don't know a lot about his domestic policies. Perhaps those were not as well received as his international leadership.
But I'm very sure that if most world leaders were like him, the world would be a much better place.
I'm very sad to hear he's in a hospice now.
Re: Statement on President Carter’s Health
#3I have a lot of respect for Carter. Not only did he really seem interested in world peace instead of the warmongering from the MIC, he also remained active for all these years furthering humanitarian causes. And he was a brilliant nuclear engineer who cleaned up a nuclear accident with this team in Canada. I know he wasn't popular in the US which I don't really understand. It sounds to me like he fought the vested bi…
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#4I have a lot of respect for Carter. Not only did he really seem interested in world peace instead of the warmongering from the MIC, he also remained active for all these years furthering humanitarian causes. And he was a brilliant nuclear engineer who cleaned up a nuclear accident with this team in Canada. I know he wasn't popular in the US which I don't really understand. It sounds to me like he fought the vested bi…
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#5I have a lot of respect for Carter. Not only did he really seem interested in world peace instead of the warmongering from the MIC, he also remained active for all these years furthering humanitarian causes. And he was a brilliant nuclear engineer who cleaned up a nuclear accident with this team in Canada. I know he wasn't popular in the US which I don't really understand. It sounds to me like he fought the vested bi…
Great person but he was unpopular as a president at the time because he failed to stop high inflation and to resolve the Iranian hostage crisis. The latter especially sunk his chances of re-election. So much of politics is about what happens when you’re in office, but also how you deal with what happens.
Re: Statement on President Carter’s Health
#6I have a lot of respect for Carter. Not only did he really seem interested in world peace instead of the warmongering from the MIC, he also remained active for all these years furthering humanitarian causes. And he was a brilliant nuclear engineer who cleaned up a nuclear accident with this team in Canada. I know he wasn't popular in the US which I don't really understand. It sounds to me like he fought the vested bi…
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#7I have a lot of respect for Carter. Not only did he really seem interested in world peace instead of the warmongering from the MIC, he also remained active for all these years furthering humanitarian causes. And he was a brilliant nuclear engineer who cleaned up a nuclear accident with this team in Canada. I know he wasn't popular in the US which I don't really understand. It sounds to me like he fought the vested bi…
> really seem interested in world peace
Definitely. He returned the Panama Canal to Panama because it's the right thing to do despite perhaps not being in the US' best interest. He advocated Palestine's rights despite all the resistance from the pro-Israel community.
Re: Statement on President Carter’s Health
#8I have a lot of respect for Carter. Not only did he really seem interested in world peace instead of the warmongering from the MIC, he also remained active for all these years furthering humanitarian causes. And he was a brilliant nuclear engineer who cleaned up a nuclear accident with this team in Canada. I know he wasn't popular in the US which I don't really understand. It sounds to me like he fought the vested bi…
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#10During the 40th Apollo 11 anniversary, Neil Armstrong remarked to a reporter that, "I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work."
It strikes me as such a beautiful ideal. A simple statement to live up to and by, but difficult to achieve. It's easy to let your life be defined by one event or a narrow set of circumstances. Especially if you've achieved wild success, like becoming the President of the United States. Even if it's for a single one term.
President Carter is unique because he is the only modern president I can think of whose impact after the presidency exceeded his impact during his presidency. He has chosen to "wage peace, fight disease, build hope" and has done so more successfully than most philanthropic efforts. Not many people can claim to have fought a disease and won.
What a legacy to have.