1 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: On this episode of News World, I want to spend 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: some time today talking about President Jimmy Carter and my 3 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: memories of him personally. I was a teacher at West 4 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: Georgia College when he was governor. He was a very 5 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: reform governor, and he was very open. I would go 6 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: and visit him regularly and we talk about big ideas. 7 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: He was very much an odd mixture of a South 8 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: Georgia farmer, somebody who in the one hand could appeal 9 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: to George Wallace segregationist voters, and on the other hand 10 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:51,599 Speaker 1: could appeal to modern integrationists and to the African American community. 11 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: And he balanced all of that that. He was very 12 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 1: committed to ideas. He was, after all, a nuclear engineer 13 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: and a graduate the Academy, and he somehow blended all that. 14 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: So I knew him. I watched him, and he had 15 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: been visited by all the major Democratic candidates in nineteen 16 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: seventy two and said to his staff, you know, if 17 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: these guys can run for president, I might as well run. 18 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: And when he did announce the Atlantic Constitution, headline was 19 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: Jimmy Carter's running for what he was seen almost as 20 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: a joke. He was this one term governor and he's 21 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: going to go out now and win the Democratic nomination 22 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 1: and maybe win the presidency. So I watched this evolving, 23 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: and I can tell you I'd run for Congress in 24 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: seventy four, got forty and a half percent in the 25 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: middle of Watergate. Now I was going to run again 26 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: in seventy six, and all of a sudden, here's James 27 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: Earl Carter and he is going to run for president. 28 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: And I know if he's head of the Democratic ticket, 29 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: I got a big, big problem in Georgia. Well, I'll 30 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: never forget. In April morning, I'm watching ABC News, Carter 31 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: is coming from behind in Wisconsin, which is a very 32 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:11,079 Speaker 1: progressive state, to beat Mo Yudah, who was the progressive candidate. 33 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: Because the rural vote, the Wisconsin dairy farmers identified with 34 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 1: the peanut farmer side of Jimmy. I knew that morning 35 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: he's going to win the nomination. He's going to carry 36 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,919 Speaker 1: Georgia by a huge margin. They were very proud of him, 37 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 1: and they went from Jimmy Carter's running for what to 38 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 1: being really proud. My younger daughter's in laws were campaigning 39 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 1: as part of what was called the peanut Brigade in 40 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: New Hampshire. They were totally committed to Carter. By the 41 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: way's result, the husband ended up as the ambassador to Australia. 42 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: So Carter beat me. In effect, I went from forty 43 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: eight point five to forty eight point three percent. But 44 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: then Carter couldn't perform as well. He was a remarkable candidate. 45 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: He understand how to look you in the eye make 46 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: you feel that he was totally sincere. Jimmy Carter had 47 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 1: an amazing ability to convince you that he was on 48 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: your side, whichever side your side was. And really it 49 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,079 Speaker 1: was at the right moment. We've been through Vietnam, We've 50 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: been through Watergate, people were tired of Washington, and Carter 51 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: came along saying, you know, we need a government as 52 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:27,079 Speaker 1: good as the American people. And he ended up winning 53 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: the presidency. But when he began serving as president, it 54 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: was a lot harder, a lot more complicated. Things weren't 55 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: working as well, and so when I ran for the 56 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: third time, Carter was not a big disadvantage anymore. The 57 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: magic was sort of gone. So I won office and 58 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: I had a funny experience when the president comes in 59 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: to give the State of the Union, the leading senior 60 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 1: person in each party from his home state escorts. He meant, well, 61 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 1: I was a brand new freshman. I'd been there about 62 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: two months, but I was by definition the senior Republican 63 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: and the delegation because I was the only Republican in 64 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: the delegation. And a friend of mine called me later 65 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: on that night and said he fell off his couch 66 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: because here I am in Washington two months and I 67 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 1: am co leading the Georgia delegation escorting President Carter to 68 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: give his State of the Union. Carter had a lot 69 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 1: of different challenges. Carter brought a very loyal staff who 70 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 1: had been remarkably good at the governorship, very good at 71 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: winning the nomination in the election, but they didn't understand Washington. 72 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: A classic example, and we're all living through this. They 73 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:51,840 Speaker 1: have the tickets for the inauguration. Tip O'Neill's family is 74 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: not sitting in the front row. And as a famous story, 75 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:02,840 Speaker 1: Hamilton Jordan was the key person working for Carter and 76 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: he gets this enraged call from Thomas P. O'Neal who says, 77 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: is this Hannibal Jerkin? And he says, so, my name 78 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: is Hamilton. He said, never mind, I just want to 79 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:20,040 Speaker 1: let you know that I am Thomas P. O'Neill, Speaker 80 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: of the House, and if my family is not in 81 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:27,600 Speaker 1: the front row at the inauguration, you will get nothing 82 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: through the House in the next two years. Nothing And 83 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: he hung up. Well magically a few minutes later, you know, 84 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: Tip O'Neil's family was right in the front row. But 85 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: it was that kind of minor stuff that may seem silly, 86 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 1: but it's really important in Washington, even after they've been 87 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: in office for a while. Their legislative staff was so 88 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:53,839 Speaker 1: confused that when they had the Italian president come for 89 00:05:53,839 --> 00:06:00,120 Speaker 1: a state dinner, they invited Democratic Congressman from California, Norman Minetta. Well, 90 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: Norman Manetta is Japanese American. He's not Italian, but because 91 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: his name ended Navow, the Carter legislative team assumed he 92 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 1: must be Italian. The following day, he got honorary admission 93 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:20,480 Speaker 1: to the Italian American Caucus and was sent a basket 94 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: with a great number of Italian food by the Italian 95 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 1: American Caucus because he was now an honorary member. That 96 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 1: kind of stuff just eroded your whole sense of how 97 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 1: whether they were competent at a most basic level, now, 98 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: it was a little strange because Carter had a remarkable life. 99 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 1: Let me start and just say I don't think he 100 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 1: was a very good president. I think he was a 101 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 1: remarkable candidate, and I think he was one of the 102 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 1: most serious and dedicated post presidents we've ever had, and 103 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 1: did a great deal to help people after he left 104 00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:59,599 Speaker 1: the presidency. But this is a guy, after all, who's 105 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:02,679 Speaker 1: born in a different world. He was born on October first, 106 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 1: nineteen twenty four, in Plains, Georgia. You have to understand 107 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: how rural and how small Plains is. He grew up 108 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: in the south that was extraordinarily poor during the Great Depression, 109 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: and he worked very hard. By the time he was ten, 110 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 1: he is stacking produce from his family's farm, putting it 111 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 1: on a wagon, taking it into town and selling it. 112 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 1: By the time he's thirteen, he saved enough money to 113 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: buy five houses in Plains, Georgia, which was pretty cheap, 114 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: but he then rented the homes to families there. And 115 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 1: thirteen year old kid, he studies hard. He is very smart. 116 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: Let me tell you he is very smart. He graduates 117 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 1: in the os Naval Academy in nineteen forty six, and 118 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: he applies for submarine duty, and he goes to work 119 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: for Admiral Ricover, who was the creator of the modern 120 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 1: nuclear Navy, an amazingly tough guy and somebody who really 121 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: understood excellence and insisted on excellence. And Carter served with 122 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: him and learned a great deal. Unfortunately, tragically, his father 123 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: died in July of nineteen fifty three. Carter resigned from 124 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,239 Speaker 1: the Navy and returned to Georgia to manage the family farm. 125 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: He was only discharged on October ninth, nineteen fifty three, 126 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 1: transferred to the retired reserve list with the rank of lieutenant. 127 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: He then serves for four years as a Georgia State senator. 128 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: And he's a reformer, even though he's from deep South Georgia. 129 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: He's a very modern person. After all, he had been 130 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 1: in the nuclear Navy. He traveled, and so he wanted 131 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: to modernize things. And he then runs for governor. Now 132 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 1: he loses. He came in third, and he was this nice, 133 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 1: pleasant reformer, but he wasn't capable of fighting his way in. 134 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 1: He thought about it for a little while, and he 135 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: criss crossed the state for four years, and he gradually 136 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 1: built up a base across the whole state. And to 137 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: be honest, he was a little deceptive in Atlanta. He 138 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:14,079 Speaker 1: was a very modern person. In South Georgia. He was 139 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: a good friend of George Wallace, and so he managed 140 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 1: to hold together a coalition that included Wallaside segregationists and 141 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:25,960 Speaker 1: included people in Atlanta who were very modern and very 142 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: much oriented towards an integrated future. 143 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 2: When he won. 144 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: The truth is he was a very reform oriented governor, 145 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 1: and he did a great deal to create what became 146 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:40,679 Speaker 1: called the Modern South. And he was clearly committed to integration, 147 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 1: and he worked very hard in the black community. Now, 148 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,680 Speaker 1: when he first starts running, and this is partner merror, 149 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 1: he's polling twelve when he starts, but he pounds away 150 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 1: and pounds away and pounds away, and he wins. As 151 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 1: the New York Times put it, Governor Carter's achievement as 152 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: a result of political acuity and organizing skill, of keen 153 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 1: intelligence and iron result. He knew what he had to 154 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: do to win the nomination, and with courage, resourcefulness, and 155 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,840 Speaker 1: self discipline, plus the indispensable support of an amazingly efficient 156 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 1: staff and quite a little bit of luck, he achieved 157 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: his goal. That's pretty good, he becomes the nominee and 158 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: makes an important speech. When he wins the nomination, listen 159 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 1: to a load. 160 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 3: Our leaders have fought for every piece a progressive legislation, 161 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 3: from RFD and RAA to social security and civil rights. 162 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 3: In times of need, the Democrats were there. But in 163 00:10:55,720 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 3: recent years our nation has seen a failure of leadership. 164 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 3: We've been hurt and we've been disillusioned. We've seen a 165 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 3: wall go up that separates us from our own government. 166 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 3: We've lost some precious things that historically have bound our 167 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:21,959 Speaker 3: people and our government together. We feel that moral decayed 168 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 3: has weakened our country, that it's crippled by a lack 169 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 3: of goals and values, and that our public officials have 170 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:37,439 Speaker 3: lost faith in us. We've been a nation adrift too long. 171 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:43,679 Speaker 3: We've been without leadership too long. We've had divided in 172 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 3: deadlocked government too long. We've been governed by veto too long. 173 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 3: We've suffered enough at the hands of a tired and 174 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 3: one out administration without new ideas, without youth or vitality, 175 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 3: without vision, and without the confidence of the American people. 176 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:22,200 Speaker 3: There's a fear that our best years are behind us. 177 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 3: But I say to you that our nation's best is 178 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 3: still ahead. Our countries lived through a time of torment. 179 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 2: It's now time for healing. 180 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 3: We want to have faith again, we want to be 181 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:55,680 Speaker 3: proud again. We just want the truth again. It's time 182 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 3: for the people to run the government and not. 183 00:12:57,640 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 4: The other way around. 184 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: Now there's a very tough campaign. Gerald Ford had lots 185 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: of problems. He ended up in a very tough fight 186 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: with Ronald Reagan. He barely got nominated. He was way behind, 187 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 1: but every single day he gained ground. Carter was basically unknown, 188 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 1: and so the Ford campaign worked to define Carter and 189 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:26,679 Speaker 1: came pretty round close. In the end, Carter carried twenty 190 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:29,199 Speaker 1: three states with two hundred and ninety seven electoral votes. 191 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,200 Speaker 1: Ford won twenty seven states, but with only two hundred 192 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 1: and forty electoral votes, and therefore Carter, on November third, 193 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: nineteen seventy six, accepts the presidency in a speech which 194 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 1: is worth listening to. 195 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 3: Let me suggest a word to you. This, this tremendous 196 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 3: crown at four o'clock in the morning represents hundreds of 197 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 3: millions of American people who are now ready to see 198 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 3: our nation unified. And I want to congratulate the toughest 199 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 3: and most formidable opponent that anyone could possibly have. President 200 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 3: Gerald Ford, as I've said many times throughout this nation, 201 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 3: he's a good and decent man, and no one could 202 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 3: have a campaign that had to be so thoroughly organized 203 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 3: heart fault, and which has marshaled so much cooperation from 204 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 3: hundreds of thousands of people around this country who've had 205 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 3: confidence in me. And I pray that I can live 206 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 3: up to your confidence and ever disappoint you. 207 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 4: We have. 208 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 3: We have a great nation, as you know, and sometimes 209 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 3: in the past we've been disappointed at our own government. 210 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 3: But I think it's time to tap the tremendous strength 211 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 3: and vitality and idealism and hope and patriotism and a 212 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 3: sense of brotherhood and sisterhood in this country to unified 213 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 3: nation to make it great once again. 214 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 1: It's not. 215 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 3: It's not going to be easy for any of us. 216 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 3: I don't claim to know all the answers, but I 217 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 3: have said many times in my campaign around all fifty 218 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 3: states that I'm not afraid to take on the responsibilities 219 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 3: of President of the United States because my strength and 220 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 3: my courage, and my advice and my counsel and my 221 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 3: criticism comes from you. And if I can tap the 222 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 3: greatness that's in you and in the American people. We 223 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 3: can make our nations government great and a source of 224 00:16:35,000 --> 00:17:00,080 Speaker 3: pride once again. Are you proud of our nation? Do 225 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 3: you think we can help it, unify it and bring 226 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 3: it back together. Do you think we can put our 227 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 3: people back to work? So do I and I'll do 228 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 3: the best I can. I'll do the best I can 229 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 3: during this transition period from now until next January, to 230 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:22,919 Speaker 3: continue to learn how to be a good president. And 231 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 3: I've learned in the last twenty two months, I believe 232 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,639 Speaker 3: as well as any human being could have learned what 233 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 3: our people are, what we have been in the past, 234 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,239 Speaker 3: and what we can be. And I believe that this 235 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 3: next four years that we will have a sense of purpose, 236 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 3: a sense of the government belongs to us, a sense 237 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 3: that we participated in this campaign. And now I welcome 238 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 3: all of those in the United States, whether they like you, 239 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 3: supporting me or supporting mister Ford to someone else. It's 240 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 3: time for us to get together, to correct our mistakes, 241 00:17:57,359 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 3: to answer difficult questions, and to make our nation right. 242 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:01,919 Speaker 1: I want to. 243 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 3: Clank all of you. I love everybody here. 244 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 2: You've been great to me. Thank you very much. 245 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 1: I would say that the high water mark of Carter's achievements, 246 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 1: and really a remarkable achievement, was getting Egyptian President Anwar 247 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 1: saddd and Israeli Prime Minister of Monacolm began to come 248 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 1: to Camp David and to sit down and to work 249 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 1: and work and work. They went from September fifth to 250 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:48,400 Speaker 1: September seventeenth, nineteen seventy eight, and I'll think about that 251 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: day after day Carter kept extending, staying there until they 252 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 1: finally got it worked out. In it was historic moment 253 00:18:56,480 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 1: because it's the moment where Saddan on behalf of Egypt 254 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:03,439 Speaker 1: recognizes the right of Israel to exist and where they 255 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: sign what does an effect a peace treaty. Nothing can 256 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 1: ever take this away from Carter, but it's worth listening 257 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,160 Speaker 1: to what he said at the signing of the Camp 258 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:12,120 Speaker 1: David records. 259 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:17,680 Speaker 3: When we first arrived at Camp David, the first thing 260 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 3: upon which we agreed was to ask the people of 261 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 3: the world to pray that our negotiations would be successful. 262 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 3: Those prayers have been answered far beyond any expectations. We 263 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:43,879 Speaker 3: are privileged to witness tonight a significant achievement in the 264 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 3: cause of peace. An achievement none thought possible a year 265 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:57,879 Speaker 3: ago or even a month ago, an achievement that reflects 266 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:04,440 Speaker 3: the courage and wisdom of these two leaders. Through thirteen 267 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:11,160 Speaker 3: long days that David, we have seen them display determination 268 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:16,639 Speaker 3: and vision and flexibility which was needed to make this 269 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 3: agreement come to pass. All of us owe them our 270 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:27,640 Speaker 3: gratitude and respect. They know that they will always have 271 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 3: my personal admiration. There are still great difficulties. 272 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:35,440 Speaker 2: That remain. 273 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 3: And many hard issues to be settled. The questions that 274 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:49,919 Speaker 3: have brought warfare and bitterness to the Middle East for 275 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 3: the last thirty years will not be settled overnight, but 276 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 3: we should all recognize the substantial achievements that have been made. 277 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:05,359 Speaker 3: One of the agreements that President Sadat and Prime Minister 278 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 3: Began are signing tonight is entitled a Framework for Peace 279 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 3: in the Middle East. This framework concerns the principles and 280 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:44,399 Speaker 3: some specifics in the most substantive way which will govern 281 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:49,879 Speaker 3: a comprehensive peace settlement. It deals specifically with the future 282 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 3: of the West Bank and Gaza and the need to 283 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:58,440 Speaker 3: resolve the Palestinian problem in all its aspects. The Framework 284 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 3: document proposes a five year transitional period in the West 285 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 3: Bank and Gaza, during which the Israeli military government will 286 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 3: be withdrawn and a self governing authority will be elected 287 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 3: with full autonomy. It also provides for Israeli forces to 288 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 3: remain in specified locations during this period to protect Israel's security. 289 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,959 Speaker 3: The Palestinians will have the right to participate in the 290 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 3: determination of their own future in negotiations which will resolve 291 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 3: the final status of the West Bank and Gaza and 292 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:49,640 Speaker 3: then to produce an Israeli Jordanian peace treaty. These negotiations 293 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,560 Speaker 3: will be based on all the provisions and all the 294 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 3: principles of the United States of United Nations Security Council 295 00:22:56,640 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 3: Resolution two forty two, and that Israel may live in 296 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 3: peace within secure and recognized borders. And this great aspiration 297 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:13,120 Speaker 3: of Israel has been certified without constraint with the greatest 298 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 3: degree of enthusiasm by President Sadat, the leader of one 299 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:18,880 Speaker 3: of the greatest. 300 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:19,400 Speaker 2: Nations on Earth. 301 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 3: The other document is entitled Framework for the Conclusion of 302 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 3: a Peace Treaty. 303 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 2: Between Egypt and Israel. 304 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:59,440 Speaker 3: It provides for the full exercise of Egyptian sovereignty over 305 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:05,440 Speaker 3: the Sinaid. It calls for the full withdrawal of Israeli 306 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 3: forces from the Sinai and after an interim withdrawal, which 307 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:16,120 Speaker 3: will be accomplished very quickly, the establishment of normal peaceful 308 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 3: relations between the two countries, including diplomatic relations. Together with 309 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:46,640 Speaker 3: accompanying letters which we will make public tomorrow, these two 310 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:51,399 Speaker 3: Camp David agreements provide the basis for progress and peace 311 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 3: throughout the Middle East. There is one issue on which 312 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:59,959 Speaker 3: agreement has not been reached. Egypt states that the agreement 313 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:05,639 Speaker 3: to remove Israeli settlements from Egyptian territory is a prerequisite 314 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:10,320 Speaker 3: to a peace treaty. Israel states that the issue of 315 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 3: the Israeli settlements should be resolved during the peace negotiations. 316 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:21,240 Speaker 3: That's a substantial difference. Within the next two weeks, the 317 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 3: Kinnasset will decide on the issue of these settlements. Tomorrow night, 318 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 3: I will go before the Congress to explain these agreements 319 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 3: more fully and to talk about their implications for the 320 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 3: United States and for the world. For the moment, and 321 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:45,439 Speaker 3: in closing, I want to speak more personally about my 322 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 3: admiration for all of those who have taken part in 323 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,679 Speaker 3: this process and my hope that the promise of this 324 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:59,320 Speaker 3: moment will be fulfilled. During the last two weeks, the 325 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:04,120 Speaker 3: members of all three delegations have spent endless hours day 326 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:09,639 Speaker 3: and night, talking, negotiating, grappling with problems that have divided 327 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:15,679 Speaker 3: their people for thirty years. Whenever there was a danger 328 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 3: that human energy would fail, or patience would be exhausted, 329 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:25,640 Speaker 3: or goodwill would run out, and there were many such moments, 330 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:30,200 Speaker 3: these two leaders and the able advisers in all delegations 331 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 3: found the resources within them to keep the chances for 332 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:36,120 Speaker 3: peace a lie. 333 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:37,880 Speaker 4: Well. 334 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:41,240 Speaker 3: The long days the Camp David are over, but many 335 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 3: months of difficult negotiations still lie ahead. I hope that 336 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:51,680 Speaker 3: the foresight and the wisdom that have made this session 337 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:57,639 Speaker 3: a success would guide these leaders and the leaders of 338 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 3: all nations as they can you the progress toward peace. 339 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:05,400 Speaker 3: Thank you very much. 340 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:10,680 Speaker 1: Now, However, having had this great high moment, things got 341 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 1: worse and worse. They got worse because the energy crisis 342 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: was terrible. The liberal policies of Carter made the energy 343 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:23,160 Speaker 1: crisis worse. And so he finally recognizes there's a huge crisis, 344 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,840 Speaker 1: and on July fifteenth, nineteen seventy nine, he gives what 345 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 1: is called the Crisis of Confidence speech. Later on it 346 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:33,680 Speaker 1: would be called by others. The Malays speech. Everyone actually 347 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:36,159 Speaker 1: uses the word in Malays, but a Harvard professor had 348 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:39,440 Speaker 1: written a book that described the situation and used Malays. 349 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 1: But listen for a couple months to this speech where 350 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 1: Carter's floundering. He doesn't know. 351 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:45,160 Speaker 2: What to do. 352 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 3: The threat is nearly invisible in ordinary ways. It is 353 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 3: a crisis of confidence. It is a crisis that strikes 354 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,239 Speaker 3: it the very heart and soul and spirit of our 355 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 3: national will. We can see this crisis in the growing 356 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 3: doubt about the meaning of our own lives, and in 357 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,800 Speaker 3: the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation. 358 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:20,200 Speaker 3: The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening 359 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:26,639 Speaker 3: to destroy the social and the political fabric of America. 360 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:31,119 Speaker 3: The confidence that we have always had as a people 361 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:36,920 Speaker 3: is not simply some romantic dream or a proverb and 362 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 3: a dusty book that we read just on the fourth 363 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,960 Speaker 3: of July. It is the idea which founded our nation 364 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:47,680 Speaker 3: and has guided our development as a people. Confidence in 365 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 3: the future has supported everything else, public institutions and private enterprise, 366 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:58,760 Speaker 3: our own families, and the very constitution of the United States. 367 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 3: Confidence has defined our course and has served as a 368 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:13,080 Speaker 3: link between generations. We've always believed in something called progress. 369 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:16,520 Speaker 3: We've always had a faith that the days of our 370 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 3: children would be better than our own. Our people are 371 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:33,240 Speaker 3: losing that faith, not only in government itself, but in 372 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:38,080 Speaker 3: the ability as citizens to serve as ultimate rulers and 373 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:44,200 Speaker 3: shapers off our democracy. As a people, we know our past, 374 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:48,680 Speaker 3: and we are proud of it. Our progress has been 375 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 3: part of a living history of America, even the world. 376 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:58,120 Speaker 3: We always believed that we were part of a great 377 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:06,280 Speaker 3: movement of humanity itself called democracy, involved in the search 378 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:11,960 Speaker 3: for freedom, and that belief has always strengthened us in 379 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:16,840 Speaker 3: our purpose. But just as we are losing our confidence 380 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:21,080 Speaker 3: in the future, we are also beginning to close the 381 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 3: door on our past. In a nation that was proud 382 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:35,200 Speaker 3: of hard work, strong families, close knit communities, and our 383 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:40,080 Speaker 3: faith in God. Too many of us now tend to 384 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 3: worship self indulgence and consumption. Human identity is no longer 385 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:55,440 Speaker 3: defined by what one does, but by what one owns. 386 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 3: But we've discovered that owning things and consuming things does 387 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:11,920 Speaker 3: not satisfy our longing for meaning. We've learned that piling 388 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:17,760 Speaker 3: up material goods cannot feel the emptiness of lives which 389 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:23,280 Speaker 3: have no confidence or purpose. The symptoms of this crisis 390 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:27,200 Speaker 3: of the American spirit are all around us. For the 391 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:29,560 Speaker 3: first time in the history of our country, a majority 392 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:34,520 Speaker 3: of our people believe that the next five years will 393 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:41,440 Speaker 3: be worse than the past five years. Two thirds of 394 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:47,840 Speaker 3: our people do not even vote. The productivity of American 395 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:52,880 Speaker 3: workers is actually dropping, and the willingness of Americans to 396 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:57,280 Speaker 3: save for the future has fallen below that of all 397 00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 3: other people in the Western world. As you know, there 398 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:10,600 Speaker 3: is a growing disrespect for government, and for churches, and 399 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:17,240 Speaker 3: for schools, the news media, and other institutions. This is 400 00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 3: not a message of happiness or reassurance, but it is 401 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:25,840 Speaker 3: the truth and it is a warning. 402 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:31,640 Speaker 1: So in the middle of all that, Carter faced a 403 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:40,400 Speaker 1: huge crisis. The Iranian regime suddenly became a very tutulitarian 404 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:46,240 Speaker 1: religious regime. It had been an increasingly modernizing, increasingly secular 405 00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:50,200 Speaker 1: regime under the Shaw, but the Shaw had been corrupt, 406 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:53,280 Speaker 1: The Shaw had had secret police, and the Shaw had 407 00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:57,920 Speaker 1: threatened all of the Mullahs, the Muslim priests around the country, 408 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:00,520 Speaker 1: and they felt that he was a mortal threat to 409 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:04,280 Speaker 1: their power and their authority and their income. And they 410 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:09,120 Speaker 1: had had a man sitting in exile in the suburbs 411 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:14,920 Speaker 1: of Paris, and Homoni was seen as the religious leader 412 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:19,200 Speaker 1: of Iran, and using modern technology, they would send out 413 00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:24,680 Speaker 1: cassette tapes of his speeches and they covered the country. Suddenly, 414 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:30,520 Speaker 1: the Iranian dictatorship of the Shaw collapsed and was not 415 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:35,000 Speaker 1: replaced by democracy. It was replaced almost immediately by a 416 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:41,120 Speaker 1: theocratic organization dominated by Homani. I was told an insider 417 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,480 Speaker 1: story by Bob Gates, who had been almost thinking in 418 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:48,280 Speaker 1: Secretary of Defense, been head of the CIA, but early 419 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:51,560 Speaker 1: in his career he was the deputy de svigny of Brazinski, 420 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:56,560 Speaker 1: who was the national security advisor to Carter. And we 421 00:33:56,560 --> 00:34:00,280 Speaker 1: were talking one day in the Defense Policy Board and 422 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:04,440 Speaker 1: Gates said, you know, I went with Brashinski in seventy 423 00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:10,160 Speaker 1: nine to talk with the leaders of the Iranian revolution. 424 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:13,759 Speaker 1: We met in Algiers and we said, you know, we 425 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:15,719 Speaker 1: really want to be allies. We accept the fact that 426 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:18,040 Speaker 1: we're different, we accept the fact that you are a 427 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,440 Speaker 1: religious dictatorship, but we still want to find a way 428 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:24,040 Speaker 1: to work together. We'll honor our commitments, we will deliver 429 00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:27,040 Speaker 1: the things you have ordered. We'd like to help you 430 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:32,120 Speaker 1: and everything they offered. The answer from the Harmonia regime 431 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:36,839 Speaker 1: was the only thing we want is the Shaw. You're 432 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:39,560 Speaker 1: protecting the Shaw. We want him turned over to us. 433 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:42,520 Speaker 1: We're going to take him and kill him, and we 434 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:45,920 Speaker 1: want to execute him in Tehran in public, and then 435 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:49,400 Speaker 1: we'll feel better. And Brzhinski would say, well, you know, 436 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,799 Speaker 1: we really can't do that, but here are things I 437 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,279 Speaker 1: can do, and they go through this rounde and they'd 438 00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:59,000 Speaker 1: come back and say, no, we don't care. The only 439 00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:03,719 Speaker 1: thing we want is the show. And Gates said, anytime 440 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:08,800 Speaker 1: people tell him there are moderates in the regime in Iran, 441 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:12,759 Speaker 1: he thinks they're crazy because he saw him up close. Now, interestingly, 442 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:17,400 Speaker 1: two weeks after that meeting, when we had refused to 443 00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:22,880 Speaker 1: turn over the Shah, the Iranian revolutionary seized the American embassy, 444 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:26,879 Speaker 1: which was a clear violation of international law, and put 445 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:31,799 Speaker 1: the American diplomats as hostages and kept them for four 446 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:35,960 Speaker 1: hundred and forty four days. There was an effort by 447 00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:40,680 Speaker 1: the US government to rescue them, which melted down in 448 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,680 Speaker 1: the sands of the Iranian desert in a place called 449 00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:48,000 Speaker 1: Desert One, and several terrible things happened. The whole thing collapsed. 450 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:51,160 Speaker 1: Now we looked like we were incompetent. All of this 451 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:55,120 Speaker 1: is coming in on Carter and day after day. ABC 452 00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:59,279 Speaker 1: actually invented Nightline, which would have day two hundred and 453 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:02,160 Speaker 1: twelve of the hostage crisis. And this stuff just got 454 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:05,080 Speaker 1: beaten into people's heads. So they were unhappy with the 455 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:09,240 Speaker 1: energy crisis which had led to for example, you could 456 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:12,520 Speaker 1: only buy gasoline every other day if you had an 457 00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:14,759 Speaker 1: odd number on your license plate. There were certain days 458 00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:16,520 Speaker 1: you could buy it if you had an even number. 459 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:17,040 Speaker 2: There were days. 460 00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:19,480 Speaker 1: I had a good friend whose job was twelve years old. 461 00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,080 Speaker 1: His job was to switch license plates to make sure 462 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:24,040 Speaker 1: that the car which needed to get gasoline had the 463 00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:28,360 Speaker 1: right number. But Americans didn't like waiting and lying to 464 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:31,239 Speaker 1: get gasoline. They didn't like being told that there was 465 00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:33,360 Speaker 1: going to have life with limits. They didn't want to 466 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:35,680 Speaker 1: be told that they ought to wear a sweater. In fact, 467 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:38,799 Speaker 1: Carter made a speech he was ridiculed for because he's 468 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:41,520 Speaker 1: wearing a sweater while sitting in front of a fireplace 469 00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:43,399 Speaker 1: while telling the rest of us, so we should worry 470 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:46,640 Speaker 1: about lowering the temperature, and it was goofy, it wasn't 471 00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:50,160 Speaker 1: the real world. Then he ended up with the great problem, 472 00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:54,080 Speaker 1: which was Teddy Kennedy ran against him. People thought early 473 00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:56,640 Speaker 1: on that Teddy would beat him for the nomination, but 474 00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:59,560 Speaker 1: in a very famous interview when I asked why are 475 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:03,280 Speaker 1: you running, Kennedy just collapsed and had no coherent explanation 476 00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:07,040 Speaker 1: for his campaign. Once that happened, and people tend to 477 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:10,840 Speaker 1: forget this, I mean, Carter beat Teddy Kennedy inside the 478 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:15,240 Speaker 1: Democratic Party by a substantial margin. So even as weakened 479 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:18,440 Speaker 1: does he'd become even as obvious as it was that 480 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:22,800 Speaker 1: his administration was not competent, he could still politically beat 481 00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,120 Speaker 1: the person who had been sort of the heir apparent 482 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:29,000 Speaker 1: in the Democratic Party. Then, unfortunately for Carter, he ran 483 00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:31,640 Speaker 1: into one of the great politicians of our time, and 484 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:36,920 Speaker 1: Ronald Reagan defeated him decisively, and at that point Carter 485 00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:42,399 Speaker 1: leaves town. But it's a fascinating situation. Here's a guy 486 00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:48,879 Speaker 1: who's energetic, engaged, really wants to be involved, and really 487 00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:52,120 Speaker 1: wants to do good things for people. And the nice 488 00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:55,160 Speaker 1: thing about him I have to say is that Carter 489 00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:59,200 Speaker 1: stayed active. I worked with him on several habitat houses. 490 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,320 Speaker 1: We built one with the House Republicans here in Washington, 491 00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:05,000 Speaker 1: d C. We built one in San Diego. During the 492 00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:08,320 Speaker 1: Republican National Convention, I went with Carter to Kentucky and 493 00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:11,399 Speaker 1: we built some He was always this very pleasant, down 494 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:14,640 Speaker 1: to earth, serious guy who was trying to be helpful 495 00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:34,000 Speaker 1: to people. I would have to say, as a Georgian 496 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:36,760 Speaker 1: who knew him back when he was governor, who watched 497 00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:39,000 Speaker 1: him as a candidate, who worked with him when he 498 00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:43,440 Speaker 1: was president, this was a very honorable, very hard working 499 00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:47,919 Speaker 1: man who was very smart. Some things didn't quite work 500 00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:51,400 Speaker 1: in some ways. He didn't quite understand how the world operated. 501 00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:55,319 Speaker 1: But I had two great post presidential experiences with Carter. 502 00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:59,520 Speaker 1: I went to this Presidential Library in Atlanta, and they 503 00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:03,200 Speaker 1: were working on corruption around the world, and I participated 504 00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:08,000 Speaker 1: in some fascinating conversations about different countries, different problems, how 505 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:11,399 Speaker 1: to solve them. It was really quite remarkable. You can 506 00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:14,480 Speaker 1: find out more about the Presidential Library museum in Atlanta 507 00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:18,400 Speaker 1: to go to the Jimmy Carterlibrary dot gov. But in addition, 508 00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:22,879 Speaker 1: Carter launched what was called the Atlanta Project, and he 509 00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:26,800 Speaker 1: was deeply engaged in trying to help poor people. Again, 510 00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:30,000 Speaker 1: it's a very idealistic guy. Many of his ideas didn't work. 511 00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:33,880 Speaker 1: Much of his philosophy was impossible, but he meant well, 512 00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:37,239 Speaker 1: and so I went and spent some time working with 513 00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:40,799 Speaker 1: him on the Atlanta project, trying to understand how do 514 00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:43,080 Speaker 1: you take the poorest neighborhoods. And I'll just give you 515 00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:45,840 Speaker 1: one example of how hard this is. Carter wanted to 516 00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:49,160 Speaker 1: vaccinate every poor child in Atlanta, and they had a 517 00:39:49,239 --> 00:39:53,400 Speaker 1: very large vaccination program, but they ran into the following reality. 518 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,360 Speaker 1: There were places where parents would say, what are you 519 00:39:56,400 --> 00:40:00,160 Speaker 1: going to pay us? And they would say, well, we're 520 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:04,279 Speaker 1: offering to vaccinate your child for free. And the parent 521 00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:07,040 Speaker 1: would say, well, I don't care about that. You care 522 00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:09,600 Speaker 1: about that, so what's it worth it to you to 523 00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:12,279 Speaker 1: be allowed to vaccinate my child? And it was a 524 00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:14,520 Speaker 1: real introduction to me of how much of the problem 525 00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:17,839 Speaker 1: we're dealing with this cultural and involves levels of change 526 00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:20,800 Speaker 1: we haven't even begun thinking about. But Carter was there 527 00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:23,839 Speaker 1: and he was trying, and he did his best, and 528 00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:25,960 Speaker 1: sometimes you can't ask for a a lot more than that. 529 00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:29,000 Speaker 1: And I look back and think, you know, this was 530 00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:31,280 Speaker 1: a guy worth knowing that. It's a long way since 531 00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:33,760 Speaker 1: I first knew him as a teacher at West Georgia College, 532 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:37,439 Speaker 1: but he was a very remarkable man. He did a 533 00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:41,880 Speaker 1: tremendous job trying to help America at every level, and 534 00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:44,279 Speaker 1: I think we have to honor him and respect him 535 00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:49,759 Speaker 1: for that. Interestingly, he developed after he left office a 536 00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:53,800 Speaker 1: good relationship with former President Gerald Ford, who he had defeated, 537 00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:57,839 Speaker 1: and they talked regularly by phone, and Ford asked Carter 538 00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:01,040 Speaker 1: if he would deliver the eulogy at his funeral. Carter 539 00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:03,600 Speaker 1: agreed only a Ford would agree to deliver the eulogy 540 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:06,640 Speaker 1: at Carter's general Ford died in two thousand and six, 541 00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:10,120 Speaker 1: so Stephen Ford, the youngest son of President Gerald Ford, 542 00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:13,640 Speaker 1: had to read his father's posthumous elogy at Carter's funeral. 543 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:17,120 Speaker 1: It's important as you listen to this to remember this 544 00:41:17,239 --> 00:41:21,480 Speaker 1: is Gerald Ford having written this while he was still alive, 545 00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:25,680 Speaker 1: giving it to his son and saying, when Jimmy Carter passes, 546 00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:30,200 Speaker 1: I want you to deliver eulogy from me for President Carter. 547 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:35,320 Speaker 1: It's really very touching. I think you'll agree. Just listen 548 00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:35,600 Speaker 1: to it. 549 00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:42,960 Speaker 5: In the twilight of my dad's life, Dad and President 550 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:47,240 Speaker 5: Carter spoke by phone and Dad asked President Carter. 551 00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:52,360 Speaker 4: If he would do a eulogy at Dad's funeral. President 552 00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:59,000 Speaker 4: Carter graciously agreed, and then he also asked if Dad 553 00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:01,880 Speaker 4: would deliver eulogy at. 554 00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:03,719 Speaker 2: President Carter's funeral. 555 00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:11,120 Speaker 4: Now, Dad was thrilled to agree. After that call, as 556 00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:14,600 Speaker 4: you can imagine, both of them got off the phone 557 00:42:14,680 --> 00:42:18,719 Speaker 4: had a pretty good chuckle considering which one of them 558 00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:26,680 Speaker 4: would return in person to deliver that second eulogy. As 559 00:42:26,719 --> 00:42:29,960 Speaker 4: you know, Dad died in two thousand and six, and 560 00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:40,760 Speaker 4: President Carter's eulogy continues to bring comfort, smile, laughter, joy, 561 00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:43,280 Speaker 4: pride to our family. 562 00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:47,880 Speaker 2: And thus on behalf of my dad. 563 00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:56,680 Speaker 4: It's an honor to share Dad's eulogy to his old friend. 564 00:42:56,840 --> 00:43:00,440 Speaker 4: I can just see my Dad getting his his yellow 565 00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:04,520 Speaker 4: legal pad out with his pen and writing this for 566 00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:11,640 Speaker 4: his beloved friend. By fate of a brief season, Jimmy 567 00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:16,080 Speaker 4: Carter and I were rivals, but for the many wonderful 568 00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:20,600 Speaker 4: years that followed, friendship bonded us. As no two presidents 569 00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:25,680 Speaker 4: since John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. It is said that 570 00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:29,600 Speaker 4: President adams last words were Thomas. 571 00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:31,239 Speaker 2: Jefferson still survives. 572 00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:34,919 Speaker 4: Now, since Jimmy has a good decade on me, I'm 573 00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:40,080 Speaker 4: hedging my bets by entrusting my remembrances of Jimmy to 574 00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:41,040 Speaker 4: my son Steve. 575 00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:46,560 Speaker 2: According to a map, it's a. 576 00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:53,960 Speaker 4: Long way between Grand Rapids, Michigan and Plains, Georgia. But 577 00:43:56,200 --> 00:44:03,759 Speaker 4: distances have a way of vanished when measured in values 578 00:44:04,719 --> 00:44:09,040 Speaker 4: rather than miles. And it was because of our shared 579 00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:13,800 Speaker 4: values that Jimmy and I respected each other as adversaries 580 00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:20,200 Speaker 4: even before we cherished one another as dear friends. Now 581 00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:23,239 Speaker 4: this is not to say that Jimmy never got under 582 00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:26,680 Speaker 4: my skin, but has there ever been a group of 583 00:44:26,719 --> 00:44:29,640 Speaker 4: politicians that didn't do that to one another? 584 00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:32,880 Speaker 2: During our nineteen seventy. 585 00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:40,000 Speaker 4: Six contests, Jimmy knew my political vulnerabilities, and he successfully. 586 00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:40,520 Speaker 2: Pointed them out. 587 00:44:41,719 --> 00:44:44,680 Speaker 4: Now, I didn't like it, but little could I know 588 00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:48,879 Speaker 4: that the outcome of that nineteen seventy six would bring 589 00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:55,520 Speaker 4: about one of my deepest and most enduring friendships. In 590 00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:58,759 Speaker 4: the summer of nineteen eighty one, the two of us 591 00:44:58,840 --> 00:45:03,640 Speaker 4: found ourselves to go together again, this time aboard Air 592 00:45:03,680 --> 00:45:07,840 Speaker 4: Force One, bound for the funeral of the great Peacemaker, 593 00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:14,920 Speaker 4: Anwar Sadat. There's an old line to the effect that 594 00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:24,200 Speaker 4: two presidents in a room is one too many. Frankly, 595 00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:27,960 Speaker 4: I wondered how awkward that long flight might be to Cairo, 596 00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:30,359 Speaker 4: and it was a long flight, but. 597 00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:38,080 Speaker 2: The return trip was not nearly long enough. For it 598 00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:40,880 Speaker 2: was somewhere over the Atlantic. 599 00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:47,480 Speaker 4: That Jimmy and I forged a friendship that transcends politics. 600 00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:52,000 Speaker 4: We immediately decided to exercise one of the privileges of 601 00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:55,640 Speaker 4: a former president, forgetting that either one of us had 602 00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:58,799 Speaker 4: ever said any harsh words about the other one in 603 00:45:58,840 --> 00:45:59,680 Speaker 4: the heat of battle. 604 00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:04,040 Speaker 2: Then we got on too much more enjoyable subjects. 605 00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:09,400 Speaker 4: Discussing our families, our faith, and sharing our experiences and 606 00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:12,800 Speaker 4: discovering that there is indeed. 607 00:46:13,239 --> 00:46:15,680 Speaker 2: Life after the White House. 608 00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:24,640 Speaker 4: We commiserate over the high cost of building presidential libraries 609 00:46:26,640 --> 00:46:30,879 Speaker 4: and the even more regrettable fact that most of that 610 00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:36,080 Speaker 4: fundraising for these otherwise admirable institutions fell to us personally. 611 00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:42,160 Speaker 4: On the spot, we agreed to participate in programs at 612 00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:46,360 Speaker 4: each other's library, beginning with a series of conferences on 613 00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:47,320 Speaker 4: arms control. 614 00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:49,480 Speaker 2: And if that wasn't. 615 00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:55,120 Speaker 4: Newsworthy enough, we told reporters on the plane that a 616 00:46:55,320 --> 00:47:00,520 Speaker 4: lasting Middle East piece would require the United States to 617 00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:07,520 Speaker 4: make tough decisions like confronting the Palestinian issue directly there 618 00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:12,400 Speaker 4: on the work to which President Sadot had literally given 619 00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:17,120 Speaker 4: his life. It was the first time, but by no 620 00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:21,920 Speaker 4: means the last time, that our unlikely partnership ruffled feathers 621 00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:24,960 Speaker 4: in the Washington establishment. 622 00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:36,279 Speaker 2: Now, honesty and truth telling were synonymous with the name 623 00:47:36,360 --> 00:47:37,040 Speaker 2: Jimmy Carter. 624 00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:43,680 Speaker 4: Yeah, those traits were instilled in him by his loving parents, 625 00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:48,279 Speaker 4: Lilian and Earl Carter, and the strength of his honesty 626 00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:53,440 Speaker 4: was reinforced by his upbringing and the rule sal poised 627 00:47:53,520 --> 00:47:59,480 Speaker 4: on the brink of social transformation. He displayed that honesty 628 00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:05,640 Speaker 4: throughout out his life as a naval officer, state legislator, governor, president, 629 00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:06,440 Speaker 4: and world leader. 630 00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:14,160 Speaker 2: For Jimmy Carter, honesty was not a aspirational goal. It 631 00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:15,920 Speaker 2: was part of his very soul. 632 00:48:17,920 --> 00:48:21,240 Speaker 4: Now, I think Jimmy wrote more books than any former president. 633 00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:25,200 Speaker 4: Once asked if he really enjoyed writing, he replied with 634 00:48:25,320 --> 00:48:29,880 Speaker 4: that familiar twinkle in his eye, it beats picking cotton. 635 00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:37,839 Speaker 4: But I think he enjoyed writing for another reason. As 636 00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:43,000 Speaker 4: an author, he was under no pressure to tailor his 637 00:48:43,960 --> 00:48:50,200 Speaker 4: opinions to some political constituency or potential contributor. 638 00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:53,520 Speaker 2: Now, both of us. 639 00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:58,640 Speaker 4: Had experienced the harsh reality that defeat at the polls 640 00:48:59,120 --> 00:49:04,200 Speaker 4: can be painful, But we also came to know more 641 00:49:04,280 --> 00:49:10,720 Speaker 4: important consequence, political defeat and writing. 642 00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:14,439 Speaker 2: Can also be liberating. 643 00:49:15,239 --> 00:49:19,040 Speaker 4: If it frees you to discuss topics that aren't necessarily 644 00:49:19,160 --> 00:49:25,960 Speaker 4: consistent with short term political popularity. Now, Jimmy learned early 645 00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:29,960 Speaker 4: on that it was not enough merely to bear witness 646 00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:31,520 Speaker 4: and a few on a Sunday morning. 647 00:49:31,640 --> 00:49:34,040 Speaker 2: Inspired by his faith. 648 00:49:33,960 --> 00:49:43,240 Speaker 4: He pursued brotherhood across boundaries of nationhood, across boundaries of tradition, across. 649 00:49:42,880 --> 00:49:44,120 Speaker 2: Boundaries of cash. 650 00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:50,560 Speaker 4: In America's urban neighborhoods and in rural villages around the world, 651 00:49:51,320 --> 00:49:56,920 Speaker 4: he reminded us that Christ had been a carpenter, and in. 652 00:49:56,960 --> 00:50:02,399 Speaker 2: Third world villages he successfully campaigned not for votes, but 653 00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:02,879 Speaker 2: for the. 654 00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:09,120 Speaker 4: Eradication of diseases that shame the developed world as they 655 00:50:09,239 --> 00:50:15,000 Speaker 4: ravage the undeveloped one. Now, of course, not all of 656 00:50:15,080 --> 00:50:20,600 Speaker 4: Jimmy's time was spent building houses, eradicating disease, brokering ceasefires, 657 00:50:20,719 --> 00:50:26,880 Speaker 4: monitoring elections. While Jimmy is probably the only former president 658 00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:28,680 Speaker 4: to conduct. 659 00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:31,879 Speaker 2: A weekly Bible class, I know for certain. 660 00:50:33,120 --> 00:50:36,400 Speaker 4: He is the only former president to perform a duet 661 00:50:36,560 --> 00:50:38,720 Speaker 4: of on the Road Again with Willie Nelson. 662 00:50:42,239 --> 00:50:46,120 Speaker 2: Georgia wasn't just on Jimmy's mind. It was in his blood. 663 00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:51,040 Speaker 4: However far he traveled, he never forgot where he came 664 00:50:51,040 --> 00:50:55,399 Speaker 4: home to, or where now in the end he would 665 00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:56,520 Speaker 4: finally come home to. 666 00:51:02,120 --> 00:51:06,240 Speaker 2: Of the many things Jimmy and I had in common, 667 00:51:07,480 --> 00:51:09,560 Speaker 2: the most important is. 668 00:51:09,480 --> 00:51:17,279 Speaker 4: This we both married way above ourselves, way above with 669 00:51:17,480 --> 00:51:19,240 Speaker 4: Jimmy every step of the way. 670 00:51:19,239 --> 00:51:20,280 Speaker 2: Was his first lady. 671 00:51:20,320 --> 00:51:25,320 Speaker 4: From playing rich with blessings, none was greater for Jimmy 672 00:51:25,440 --> 00:51:28,680 Speaker 4: than his love he shared with Rosalind, and the love 673 00:51:28,719 --> 00:51:32,680 Speaker 4: of the two of them shared with their children, grandchildren, 674 00:51:32,800 --> 00:51:40,600 Speaker 4: great grandchildren. Like Jimmy, Rosalind was and is a symbol 675 00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:45,520 Speaker 4: of American compassion like no other first lady in our history. 676 00:51:46,360 --> 00:51:51,520 Speaker 4: Rosalind Carter is indeed a true citizen of the world, 677 00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:56,080 Speaker 4: and she became a beloved friend to my wife, Betty, 678 00:51:56,200 --> 00:51:58,080 Speaker 4: and me, and to all the Ford family. 679 00:51:59,400 --> 00:51:59,920 Speaker 2: While the. 680 00:52:01,520 --> 00:52:07,239 Speaker 4: Carter and Ford men were decidedly mixed record when it 681 00:52:07,320 --> 00:52:13,200 Speaker 4: came to lobby in Congress, Rosalind and Betty were unbeatable 682 00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:18,760 Speaker 4: in their advocacy for millions of people whom they brought 683 00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:26,200 Speaker 4: out of the shadows of despair and shame. Now is 684 00:52:27,120 --> 00:52:31,960 Speaker 4: time to say goodbye, are grief comforted with the joy 685 00:52:32,840 --> 00:52:36,719 Speaker 4: and the thanksgiving of knowing this man, this beloved man, 686 00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:41,800 Speaker 4: this very special man. He was given the gift of years, 687 00:52:43,080 --> 00:52:44,600 Speaker 4: and the American people and. 688 00:52:44,640 --> 00:52:46,239 Speaker 2: The people of the world. 689 00:52:46,040 --> 00:52:51,480 Speaker 4: Will be forever blessed by his decades of good works. 690 00:52:52,760 --> 00:52:55,480 Speaker 2: Jimmy Carter's legacy of peace. 691 00:52:56,120 --> 00:53:04,839 Speaker 4: And compassion will remain unique as it is timeless. The 692 00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:09,640 Speaker 4: entire Ford family, we extend our love to you, and 693 00:53:09,760 --> 00:53:14,719 Speaker 4: we add our prayers to the prayers of tens of 694 00:53:14,800 --> 00:53:21,239 Speaker 4: millions of people around the world. May God bless and 695 00:53:21,360 --> 00:53:26,520 Speaker 4: watch over this good man. May He grant peace to 696 00:53:26,600 --> 00:53:30,319 Speaker 4: the Carter family as they say goodbye to a man 697 00:53:30,400 --> 00:53:36,240 Speaker 4: whose life was lived to the fullest, with the faith 698 00:53:36,719 --> 00:53:42,560 Speaker 4: demonstrated and countless good works, with a mission richly fulfilled, 699 00:53:43,560 --> 00:53:55,520 Speaker 4: and a soul rewarded with everlasting life. As for myself, Jimmy, 700 00:53:57,120 --> 00:54:01,440 Speaker 4: I'm looking forward to our reunion. We had much to 701 00:54:01,520 --> 00:54:08,640 Speaker 4: catch up on. Thank you, mister President. 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