“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
“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
Driven by an unwavering vision of peace and human rights, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter founded The Carter Center in 1982 and worked for decades to empower and improve the lives of the world's poorest and most forgotten people.
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President Carter reflects on his lifelong mission to improve life for the world’s poorest people by championing freedom and improving health.
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