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Remembering President Jimmy Carter

The Miller Center's Carter Oral History Project features five hours of interviews with the president

What We Can Learn From Jimmy Carter’s Legacy of Thoughtful Leadership

“In 1976, Jimmy Carter was the presidential candidate least like Nixon,” says Robert Strong, professor of politics at Washington and Lee University and a senior fellow at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. “He was honest and told the truth. The nation was looking for something different, and it was a lucky match of background and circumstance.”

Robert Strong

From peanut farmer to president: How Jimmy Carter rose to the Oval Office

When Carter took office on January 20, 1977, he 'sought to run the country the way he had run his farm - with unassuming austerity. This would be no "imperial presidency" like those of (Lyndon B) Johnson and Nixon,' biographer Robert Strong wrote.

Robert Strong

The United States needs more disagreement on national security policy

The United States has a better chance of striking the right balance if there is some friction in the policymaking process. Friction generally produces better decisions, and Congress and the executive can and should deliberately create friction when necessary.

Ashley Deeks, Kristen Eichensehr