In seven pages Jimmy Carter and the human rights efforts that characterize his presidency and will be his legacy are examined. Six sources are cited in the bibliography.
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INTRODUCTION Jimmy Carter, known as the Human Rights President, dedicated his time in the White House to campaigning for human rights causes. As a past president, Mr.
Carter continues to use his influence in the fight for equality and issues concerning the rights of mankind to live in relative comfort and the freedom from fear. FROM
THE BEGINNING From the very beginning in his inaugural address in 1977, Jimmy Carter was campaigning for human rights. Within his first few moments in office, Jimmy Carter assured
the people he would do what was right for the United States and that as a nation we must stand together and work for a just and rightful cause.
"The passion for freedom is on the rise. Tapping this new spirit, there can be no nobler nor more ambitious task for America to undertake on this day of
a new beginning than to help shape a just and peaceful world that is truly humane" (Carter, Inaugual Address, PG). Carter
maintained throughout his presidency that in order to help shape this "just and peaceful world" (PG) that we must always be aware of human rights in attaining equality for all.
In perhaps one of the most dramatic shows of foreign support of human rights, in 1980 President Jimmy Carter cancelled the American participation in the Olympics. Because
the 1980 Summer Olympics were to be held in Moscow and Moscow had invaded Afghanistan, the United States did not participate. This was a show of protest against the
invasion of Afghanistan by Russia (Carter Human Rights, PG). Carter believed that "American foreign policy should reflect the nations highest moral ideals" (Carter Human Rights, PG) and this was a