http://newsonnews.com/cnbc/290914-344
CNBC to Air Exclusive Interview with President Jimmy Carter on his 90th Birthday
CNBC EMEA's one on one interview series, CNBC Meets, presented by Tania Bryer, has been granted unprecedented access with former US President Jimmy Carter for a special programme to celebrate his 90th birthday.
The 30 minute interview will premiere in the UK and across Europe on 1st October 2014 at 10.00pm BST, the day of his 90th birthday. The programme will also air on CNBC networks in the United States and Asia Pacific and will also be available online at www.cnbcmeets.cnbc.com.
In this exclusive and historical programme, Tania Bryer speaks with President Carter about his childhood in America's segregated South and how this fostered his passion for human rights. He reveals to Bryer his feelings about his time in the Oval Office from 1977-1981 which was marked by international crises and domestic recession. He recounts his achievements and talks candidly about the Iran hostage crisis that led to his White House defeat.
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http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/jimmy-carter-turns-90-former-us-president-slavery-discrimination-war-1468003
I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over - Gubernatorial Inaugural Address, 1971
Any system of economics is bankrupt if it sees either value or virtue in unemployment - Acceptance speech, Democratic National Conference, 1976
During Presidency
Penalties against drug use should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself - Message to Congress, 1977
Our pursuit of human rights is part of a broad effort to use our great power and our tremendous influence in the service of creating a better world, a world in which human beings can live in peace, in freedom, and with their basic needs adequately met. – Speech at a White House meeting commemorating the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1978
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http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/01/opinion/zelizer-jimmy-carter/
What Jimmy Carter did right!!
In the aftermath of Watergate, Carter understood that the way government worked was as important as the specific policies that the government produced. During the Democratic primaries and the general election, he promised to restore confidence in the government by fixing the political process and building on the reforms that Congress had passed in 1974 and 1975, such as campaign finance and sunshine laws.
He even warned Democratic interest groups that he would refuse to blindly follow their demands out of party loyalty.
"I owe the special interests nothing," he said. In a television spot called "secrecy," he called for sunshine laws so that "we can understand what decisions are made about our own lives, what went on behind those locked doors."
Carter didn't abandon this message after winning.
Although it was symbolic, Carter thrilled Americans when he and his wife stopped the limousine as it rode down Pennsylvania Avenue following his swearing-in ceremony. He and Rosalynn stepped out of the car and onto the street to join the parade on foot. When he made this decision, Carter recalled that he was thinking about the "angry demonstrators who had habitually confronted recent presidents and vice presidents, furious over the Vietnam War and later the revelations of Watergate." A leader who was less interested in the trappings of power than actually working to represent the people elated the crowd.
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http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2014/09/30/3331302/richard-hyatt-happy-birthday-jimmy.html
Richard Hyatt: Happy Birthday, Jimmy, and many more
They're having a concert in his honor on Saturday at Georgia Southwestern University. A favorite pianist provides the music and home folks will help him blow out the candles.
This reminds us that we have watched him grow old. Pictures from the past underscore how young he was when he moved to Washington and when he returned.
He belongs to the world, but he will always be one of us.
Close family members are gone and so are his neighbors, people who didn't always agree with his politics but were there to lift him up when he stumbled. They go to church with him, and they've helped him build homes for people in need.
As presidential birthdays go, this will be a quiet one. Jimmy and Rosalynn won't take a stroll down Pennsylvania Avenue like they did on Inauguration Day long ago, but Secret Service agents will be just out of view as they have been for nearly half of his life.
So Happy Birthday, Jimmy … and Mr. Wrestling II says many more.
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http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2014/09/30/3331302/richard-hyatt-happy-birthday-jimmy.html#storylink=cpy
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