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James Earl Carter, Jr., dit Jimmy Carter [ˈd͡ʒɪmi ˈkɑɹtɚ], né le 1er octobre 1924 à Plains , est un homme d'État américain, 39e président des États-Unis de 1977 à 1981.

Officier de marine puis agriculteur, il est élu sénateur en Géorgie pour le Parti démocrate de 1963 à 1967. Jimmy Carter remporte le scrutin pour le poste de gouverneur de son État en 1971. Cinq ans plus tard, il bat de justesse le républicain Gerald Ford à l'élection présidentielle. Sa présidence est marquée par la signature des traités sur le canal de Panama, des accords de Camp David, du traité SALT II sur la limitation des armements stratégiques avec l'Union soviétique et par l’ouverture de relations diplomatiques avec la République populaire de Chine. En politique intérieure, son gouvernement permet la création du département de l'Énergie et du département de l'Éducation et renforce la législation sur la protection environnementale. Cependant, à la fin de son mandat, ce qui est interprété comme de la faiblesse de sa part dans des crises comme celles des otages de l'ambassade américaine à Téhéran, l'intervention soviétique en Afghanistan, ainsi que les conséquences économiques du deuxième choc pétrolier et des nouvelles stratégies boursières sacrifiant l'emploi à la rentabilité, font chuter sa popularité. Il est battu par Ronald Reagan à l'élection présidentielle de 1980.

Après son départ de la Maison-Blanche, il se pose en médiateur de conflits internationaux et met son prestige au service de causes caritatives. En 2002, il reçoit le prix Nobel de la paix. Il se distingue également en littérature politique, étant l'auteur de nombreux livres. Il est le plus ancien président américain encore en vie et le plus âgé de l'histoire depuis le 22 mars 2019, date à laquelle il a dépassé George H. W. Bush. Wikipedia  

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Jimmy Carter: Citations en anglais

“A generation from now, this solar heater can either be a curiosity, a museum piece, an example of a road not taken or it can be just a small part of one of the greatest and most exciting adventures ever undertaken by the American people”

Dedication address upon installing 32 solar panels on the roof of the White House (20 June 1979), as quoted in "Where Did the Carter White House's Solar Panels Go?" by David Biello, in Scientific American (6 August 2010) http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/carter-white-house-solar-panel-array/. The solar panels would later removed by Ronald Reagan and some eventually were displayed in museums, including the Smithsonian Institute, and the Solar Science and Technology Museum in Dezhou, China.
Presidency (1977–1981)
Contexte: In the year 2000 this solar water heater behind me, which is being dedicated today, will still be here supplying cheap, efficient energy…. A generation from now, this solar heater can either be a curiosity, a museum piece, an example of a road not taken or it can be just a small part of one of the greatest and most exciting adventures ever undertaken by the American people.

“Penalties against drug use should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself.”

Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against the possession of marijuana in private for personal use.
Message to Congress (2 August 1977)
Presidency (1977–1981)

“We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.”

Addressing a Bible class in Plains, Georgia (March 1976), as quoted in Boston Sunday Herald Advertiser (11 April 1976)
Pre-Presidency

“We've become now an oligarchy instead of a democracy. And I think that's been the worst damage to the basic moral and ethical standards of the American political system that I've ever seen in my life.”

Statement in an interview on SuperSoul Sunday http://www.supersoul.tv/supersoul-sunday/jimmy-carter-on-whether-he-could-be-president-today-absolutely-not/ with Oprah Winfrey, as quoted in "Jimmy Carter Tells Oprah America Is No Longer a Democracy, Now an Oligarchy" by Jon Levine, in .Mic (24 September 2015) https://mic.com/articles/125813/jimmy-carter-tells-oprah-america-is-no-longer-a-democracy-now-an-oligarchy
Post-Presidency

“I obviously hoped that everything that I found would make a difference, … It ended up being way behind my wildest dreams.”

(Feb 22, 2012) http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57570712/jimmy-carter-obama-thanked-my-grandson-who-discovered-romneys-47-video/
Post-Presidency

“If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying that you want a country based on Christian values. Because you don't.”

The correct attribution http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/carterpoor.asp is comedian John Fugelsang, on the TV program Viewpoint (29 May 2013)
Misattributed

“It would be a fruitless search to look through the Scriptures and find one single instance where Jesus did not treat women either equal or superior to men.”

As quoted in "Jimmy Carter 3.0: Building a post-presidential legacy" by Adelle M. Banks, in Religion News Service (28 May 2014) http://www.religionnews.com/2014/05/28/jimmy-carter-3-0-building-post-presidential-legacy/
Post-Presidency

“I can't deny I'm a better ex-president than I was a president.”

Interview with reporters, as quoted in "Carter condemns abortion culture" in The Washington Times (3 November 2005) http://www.washtimes.com/national/20051103-111740-7148r.htm
Post-Presidency

“I thought a lot about our Nation and what I should do as President. And Sunday night before last, I made a speech about two problems of our country — energy and malaise.”

Remarks at a town meeting, Bardstown, Kentucky (31 July 1979), referring to his The Crisis of Confidence address (he did not actually use the word "malaise" in that earlier speech), Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Jimmy Carter, 1979, Book 2, p. 1340
Presidency (1977–1981), 1978

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