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Jimmy Carter

I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've still been able to carry out my commitments to peace and human rights and environmental quality and freedom and democracy a

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Jimmy Carter is saying that he has made the most of the respect and power that come with being a former U.S. president to support important causes.

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