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James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. Was born on 

October 1, 1924, is an American politician and 

member of the Democratic Party who served 

as the 39th President of the United States from 

1977 to 1981 and was awarded the 2002 

Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to 

have received the Prize after leaving office.

Carter thought that the nation’s foreign policy should 

reflect its highest moral principles, which would be a 

definite break with the policy and practices of the 

Nixon Administration.

In 1977 he expressed his concern about this way of 

living “For too many years, we’ve been willing to adopt 

the flawed and erroneous principles and tactics of our 

adversaries, sometimes abandoning our own values for 

theirs. We’ve fought fire with fire, never thinking that 

fire is sometimes best quenched with water. This 

approach failed, with Vietnam the best example of its 

intellectual and moral poverty. But through failure we 

have now found our way back to our own principles 

and values, and we have regained our lost confidence.”

with this principle on his mind Carter refused to 

continue past practices of overlooking the human 

rights abuses of our own allies, and was particularly 

tough on South Korea, Iran, Argentina, South Africa, 

and Zimbabwe. 

He also ended more than 30 years of U.S. political and 

military support to one of Latin America’s most 

abusive leaders, President Somoza of Nicaragua.

On the other hand, the Carter administration 

toned down its human-rights based criticisms of 

the Soviet Union after the Brezhnev government 

threatened to end arms control talks.

As well as, Carter refused to stop the sale of military 

supplies to Iran, whose government violently 

suppressed their opponents, even though some of 

his advisers urged him to do so.

The legacies of Carter's human rights policies  

were just as mixed as it's practices. Carter, more 

than any previous President, injected human 

rights considerations into American foreign policy, 

legitimizing these concerns in the process and 

taking a step forward into the new world.

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