Jimmy Carter
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October 01, 1924
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Plains, Georgia, The United States
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Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Politics
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James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981, and the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize. Prior to becoming president, Carter served two terms in the Georgia Senate and as the 76th Governor of Georgia, from 1971 to 1975.
As president, Carter created two new cabinet-level departments: the Department of Energy and the Department of Education. He established a national energy policy that included conservation, price decontrol, and new technology. Foreign oil imports were reduced by 50% from 1977 to 1982. In foreign affairs, Carter pursued the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties and the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT). Car...more
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Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter avg rating 3.77 — 767 ratings — published 2006 5 editions |
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Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis by Jimmy Carter avg rating 3.71 — 609 ratings — published 2005 7 editions |
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An Hour Before Daylight : Memoirs of a Rural Boyhood by Jimmy Carter avg rating 3.72 — 328 ratings — published 2001 9 editions |
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The Hornet's Nest by Jimmy Carter avg rating 3.00 — 134 ratings — published 2003 14 editions |
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Living Faith by Jimmy Carter avg rating 3.64 — 99 ratings — published 1996 5 editions |
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A Remarkable Mother by Jimmy Carter avg rating 3.62 — 81 ratings — published 2008 2 editions |
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Christmas in Plains: Memories by Jimmy Carter avg rating 3.66 — 64 ratings — published 2001 9 editions |
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Sharing Good Times by Jimmy Carter avg rating 3.64 — 53 ratings — published 2004 5 editions |
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Beyond the White House by Jimmy Carter avg rating 3.58 — 52 ratings — published 2007 5 editions |
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We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan That Will Work by Jimmy Carter avg rating 3.45 — 51 ratings — published 2009 3 editions |
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"We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon."
— Jimmy Carter
— Jimmy Carter
"America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense⦠human rights invented America."
— Jimmy Carter
— Jimmy Carter
"Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; 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... Therefore, I support legislation amending Federal law to eliminate all Federal criminal penalties for the possession of up to one ounce [28g] of marijuana."
— Jimmy Carter
— Jimmy Carter
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