Jimmy Carter essays

Jimmy Carter essays Jimmy Carter became the thirty-ninth President of the United States of America on January 20, 1977. During his Presidency, he fulfilled campaign promises to develop a national energy program, protect the nations natural resources and aid education. The Egypt-Israeli Treaty of Peace and the Panama Canal Treaty gained the president worldwide recognition. Out of all the parts of Carters Foreign Policy, the two parts I found most interesting was human rights, and the strengthened ties with China. Out of the Carter administrations foreign policy, human rights were the foundation. In Carters Inaugural Address on January 20, 1977 he said, Our commitment to human rights must be absolute...the powerful must not persecute the weak, and human dignity must be enhanced...The world itself is now dominated by a new spirit. People...are craving, and now demanding their place in the sun- not just for the benefit of their own physical condition, but for basic human rights...Because we are now free, we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere. No other issue was so close to Jimmy Carter than human rights. The President was committed at home and abroad to human rights and this gave the people trust and courage. He accomplished his goal by public verbal protest, private diplomatic persuasion, and military and economic consensus. One example of how the President was committed at home is when he addressed a congregation of civil rights leaders at Ebenezer Baptist Church here in Atlanta. Even the Presidents wife, Roselyn Carter, was involved in human rights. In November 1979, Roselyn Carter flew to Thailand to visit relief centers caring for refugees of the Vietnam-Cambodian War. Upon her return to the Untied States, the first lady spoke about her experiences on nation-wide television and her efforts brought aid to thousands. Even in Carters Farwell A ...