His son confirmed the death but did not provide an immediate cause. In a statement in February 2023, the Carter Center said the former president, after a series of hospital stays, would stop further medical treatment and spend his remaining time at home under hospice care. He had been treated in recent years for an aggressive form of melanoma skin cancer, with tumors that spread to his liver and brain.
“I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over. The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few, but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend upon it.”
We could use more of that today.
The age of being able to quote a US President to actually say something meaningful, intelligent and insightful is over.
From a Canadian that appreciates President Carter, a significant world leader … RIP President Carter
Wow, this quote didn’t age well at all.
Welp, I’m sad now