Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy. And I say this with assurance because human rights is the soul of our sense ...

— July 1946: Carter marries Rosalynn Smith, in Plains. They have four children, John William (“Jack”), born 1947; James Earl ...

Former President Jimmy Carter championed community service and human rights. These quotes from his speeches, interviews, and ...

I am a Southerner and an American, I am a farmer, an engineer, a father and husband, a Christian, a politician and former ...

2010, on The Carter Center’s work to eradicate guinea worm disease. You know how much I raised to run against Gerald Ford? Zero. You know how much I raised to run against Ronald Reagan?

Walter Mondale of Minnesota as running mate. — November 1976: Carter defeats President Gerald R. Ford, winning 51% of the vote and 297 electoral votes to Ford’s 240. — January 1977 ...