Jimmy Carter Quotes
Because we are free we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere.
Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States (Democrat, GA), Inaugural Address, January 20, 1977
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The United States, since its inception has always had an empathy for other peoples who sought independence, but at the same time we had an early principle of isolationism and not getting involved with quarrels abroad. Also America was inhibited by other unrelated issues from assisting people seeking independence.
Written for delivery in Austin, Texas. His assassination prevented it.
Although nether he or the Sultan had made vigorous efforts to stop the massacres, he had promised the world community that Turkey would see that justice was done (See {620596} ). However, there were a few tried and one governor of a province was hanged and a few others received short jail sentences. Talaat, the worst of The Young Turks regarding the genocide, escaped to Germany. But he was tracked by a surviving Armenian who assassinated Talaat. The assassin was acquitted by a sympathetic German court which ruled that the extermination of the assassin’s family had been so traumatic that temporary insanity relieved the assassin of criminal responsibility.
James Earl Carter Jr. is an American politician, businessman, and philanthropist who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a Georgia State Senator from 1963 to 1967 and as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975. Since leaving the presidency, Carter has remained engaged in political and social projects as a private citizen. In 2002, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in co-founding the Carter Center.
