Jimmy Carter's legacy and friendship with Gerald Ford

Jimmy Carter holds the distinction of living longer than any other former president. He and his late wife hold the record of the longest-married presidential couple.


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[tcdan-cm]

President Ford and President Carter: two gentlemen of the highest order who served their country.

[boverhof]

Dude was building homes for the homeless at the age of 97. Legend.

[robertsafner]

Both men are true gentlemen. Rest in peace Jimmy Carter.

[kristoffermangila]

Remember, both Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter were Navy veterans, although from different branches of the Navy and from different eras: Ford was a carrier man in WW2, while Carter's one of the first nuclear submariners.

[drjcb]

Great dignity and civility in American leadership that is sorely missing in our country today. RIP President Carter. 🕊️

[Michiganian]

I saw the tribute on the weather channel yesterday, it played all day. He was a good person.

[teamcougars]

Jimmy Carter was a helluva great man, sadly not the greatest President but as a man he was a very strong Christian man who led by example, never stopping his humanitarian efforts until he was physically unable to continue ❤ R.I. P sir you have earned it many times over 👏🏼❤️

[stevegraber]

This should be how these things happen😢

[prayus]

Presidents Ford and Carter were honorable men. We need many, many more like them. Rest In Peace, Gentlemen.

[Magdalenkaization]

And Now Jerry and Jimmy are together again!

[leahartlee]

Gerald Ford was the only Republican president in my 61 years that I liked, and who wasn't morally corrupt and only for the very rich, unlike the ones before and after him in my lifetime.

[MichaelBrookham]

In an interview one time, Richard Nixon said he was good friends with John F. Kennedy, even though they were political rivals. People don't know that the rivalry is what the people see. The personal friendships always take a back seat to the political rivalries.

[joycesmith]

Needs these two habits now so the US will be a better place

[DIMGUIL]

I like his Voyager Spacecraft Statement.

[johnfeer]

They were both US Navy Guys, and those guys always patch up their differences for the good of the service.

[anton]

Can’t say the same about Biden and Trump

[michaelmcclary]

The Nixon Pardon nixed any hope of being re-elected for Gerald Ford 😢🎉

[RayAllen]

We will remember him as a HORRIBLE president

[paulwarren]

CARTER, LIKE FORD, WITH ALL THEIR MONEY, CHILDREN & GRAND CHILDREN WERE NOT REALLY JUSTICE .
CARTERS, WTH MILLIONS, WITH ALL OF THEIR CHILDREN & GRAND CHILDREN & THEIR MILLIONS, WERE ASKING ME, WITH NO SURVIVORS, BEING TORTURED TO DEATH, AS SLOWLY & PAINFULLY AS POSSIBLE, FOR MY LAST MONEY .