When I was a young boy, [my schoolteacher Julia Coleman] introduced me to Leo Tolstoy's novel, "War and Peace." She interpreted that powerful narrative as a reminder that the simple human attributes of goodness and truth can overcome great power. She also taught us that an individual is not swept along on a tide of inevitability but can influence even the greatest human events.
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Jimmy Carter
39th President of the United States, 1977–1981; Governor of Georgia 1971–1975
United States · 1924–2024
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Served as President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and as Governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975. Founded the Carter Center in 1982, which works on election monitoring, conflict mediation and disease eradication. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
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War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.
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