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

— Jimmy Carter

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
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