Tribute to Former President Jimmy Carter
12/31/2024
 By The Carter Center Staff
“The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices. God gives us the capacity for choice. We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes—and we must.”
— Jimmy Carter Nobel Lecture, 2002
 The global staff of The Carter Center mourns the passing of our visionary founder, former United States President Jimmy Carter, whose long life of selfless service to humanity has left a lasting mark on us and on the world. President Carter believed in giving every effort, as broadly as possible, to make a positive difference in the world. His legacy will remain an ongoing inspiration to us at The Carter Center and to everyone who believes in compassion, justice, and human rights.
We shall miss President Carter’s strong leadership and profound humility as we carry on his work of waging peace, fighting disease, and building hope.
In lieu of flowers, President Carter requested that those wishing to honor his memory do so through contributions to The Carter Center and acts of service to humanity.
Please visit www.jimmycartertribute.org to make a memorial gift, sign a virtual condolence book, and learn more.
Jimmy Carter in His Own Words
“I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over. . . . No poor, rural, weak, or black person should ever again have to bear the additional burden of being deprived of the opportunity for an education, a job, or simple justice.”
—Inaugural Address as Governor of Georgia, January 12, 1971
“In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our nation. As my high school teacher, Miss Julia Coleman, used to say: ‘We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.’”
—Inaugural Address, January 20, 1977
“To me, faith is not just a noun, but also a verb.”
—From Living Faith by Jimmy Carter, 1996
"Peace is more than the absence of war. There is an inner peace that comes from personal security and personal freedom. Peace also includes the sense of a mother and father that their children will live, that they’ll have food for them to eat, and that they won’t be subject to a lifetime of suffering that could have been prevented."
—Carter Center News, Spring 2003
"We have an ethical obligation, I think, to prevent suffering wherever we can. Meeting this obligation is very dear to us at The Carter Center."
—House Of Lords Lecture, London, February 3, 2016
"In our democracy, the only title higher and more powerful than that of president is the title of citizen. It is every citizen’s right and duty to help shape the future legacy of our nation."
—Jimmy Carter Op-ed, December 8, 2016
"Rosalynn and I have strived to advance human rights in countries around the world. In this quest, we have seen that silence can be as deadly as violence. People of power, privilege, and moral conscience must stand up and say 'no more' to a racially discriminatory police and justice system, immoral economic disparities between whites and blacks, and government actions that undermine our unified democracy. We are responsible for creating a world of peace and equality for ourselves and future generations."
—Jimmy Carter Statement, June 3, 2020
Source:The Carter Center
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