Former President Jimmy Carter’s legacy after a lifetime of service finally tonight Jimmy Carter and what he did in the 40-plus years after the White House that changed the world for so many. It is perhaps Jimmy Carter’s most enduring legacy, the thousands of lives he touched as a humanitarian, peacemaker, and visionary. He may have served just a single term in the White House, but Carter dedicated a lifetime to service. We didn’t know what we were going to do the rest of our lives, and we decided to take on projects that no one else wanted to do. He and his wife, Rosalynn, founded The Carter Center a year after he left.
office traveling the world to protect human rights, democracy, and invest in public health, launching a campaign to eradicate guinea worm disease through his partnership with Habitat for Humanity, building, renovating, and repairing nearly 4,400 homes over four decades The Carter right there building alongside volunteers the joy of that what they’ve done over the decades to get this working and to have it grow like it has in 2002 Carter honored with a Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Carter Center, a first for a former president.
can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace through it all. Carter is making unforgettable personal connections, like with Mattye Stonic, the boy bravely battling muscular dystrophy, writing bestselling books of poetry that he called Heart Songs. I need a hope. A New Hope, a hope that inspires me to live. I write poetry, and I wish to be a peacemaker. He too was inspired by President Carter, and after months of corresponding back and forth, a moving surprise on Good Morning America from the man who touched so many lives, you.
said someday you’d like to meet him. Yes, I how about today? Any day, any day, all right, and I have a real love with him, love this boy. I’m proud of him. I think he’s inspired the whole country to remember what peace and love mean, Maddie, one of so many inspired by Carter.