Jimmy Carter

named lester maddox whose symbol was a pick handle that he used to beat african-americans over the head if they tried to come into his restaurant and buy some fried chicken when the results came in lester maddox had won and i had lost and i couldn't believe that the georgia people preferred him i couldn't believe that god would let this happen so i had a complete renunciation of of um

of my faith. And my sister, who lived in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Ruth Carter Stapleton, was a very famous evangelist. My mother called her and told her that I had this attitude. So Ruth came down to Plains, and we went out in the woods. And Ruth tried to console me, which was impossible.

of my faith. And my sister, who lived in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Ruth Carter Stapleton, was a very famous evangelist. My mother called her and told her that I had this attitude. So Ruth came down to Plains, and we went out in the woods. And Ruth tried to console me, which was impossible.

of my faith. And my sister, who lived in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Ruth Carter Stapleton, was a very famous evangelist. My mother called her and told her that I had this attitude. So Ruth came down to Plains, and we went out in the woods. And Ruth tried to console me, which was impossible.

And Ruth quoted a couple of verses from the second chapter of James, which was a foundation of Ruth's ministry, which was a very happy ministry. Anyway, James says, according to God, that no matter how horrible a mistake we made or how total our failure might be,

And Ruth quoted a couple of verses from the second chapter of James, which was a foundation of Ruth's ministry, which was a very happy ministry. Anyway, James says, according to God, that no matter how horrible a mistake we made or how total our failure might be,

And Ruth quoted a couple of verses from the second chapter of James, which was a foundation of Ruth's ministry, which was a very happy ministry. Anyway, James says, according to God, that no matter how horrible a mistake we made or how total our failure might be,

or how abject our despair or how great our loss, that if we have, first of all, courage, and then if we have patience, and then if we are wise enough to seek wisdom from God, any catastrophe can be changed into a blessing. I told Ruth that this was a complete baloney. That wasn't the word I used. That it was ridiculous. And Ruth said, Jimmy, you have to have faith that this is true.

or how abject our despair or how great our loss, that if we have, first of all, courage, and then if we have patience, and then if we are wise enough to seek wisdom from God, any catastrophe can be changed into a blessing. I told Ruth that this was a complete baloney. That wasn't the word I used. That it was ridiculous. And Ruth said, Jimmy, you have to have faith that this is true.

or how abject our despair or how great our loss, that if we have, first of all, courage, and then if we have patience, and then if we are wise enough to seek wisdom from God, any catastrophe can be changed into a blessing. I told Ruth that this was a complete baloney. That wasn't the word I used. That it was ridiculous. And Ruth said, Jimmy, you have to have faith that this is true.

She said, why don't you just forget about politics for a while and just respond to any opportunities you have. So just a few weeks later, I was asked to go as a lay witness to Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. A group of volunteer Baptists from State College, which is where Penn State University is, had called every family in the phone book.

She said, why don't you just forget about politics for a while and just respond to any opportunities you have. So just a few weeks later, I was asked to go as a lay witness to Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. A group of volunteer Baptists from State College, which is where Penn State University is, had called every family in the phone book.

She said, why don't you just forget about politics for a while and just respond to any opportunities you have. So just a few weeks later, I was asked to go as a lay witness to Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. A group of volunteer Baptists from State College, which is where Penn State University is, had called every family in the phone book.

And they had identified 100 families, none of whom had any religious faith. And I was asked to go and visit them. those families so I knocked on the door some received us with open arms some wouldn't open the door and at the end of a week I had experienced for the first time in my life a genuine presence of God a sense that the Holy Spirit was with us we had 48 people who accepted Christian faith

And they had identified 100 families, none of whom had any religious faith. And I was asked to go and visit them. those families so I knocked on the door some received us with open arms some wouldn't open the door and at the end of a week I had experienced for the first time in my life a genuine presence of God a sense that the Holy Spirit was with us we had 48 people who accepted Christian faith

And they had identified 100 families, none of whom had any religious faith. And I was asked to go and visit them. those families so I knocked on the door some received us with open arms some wouldn't open the door and at the end of a week I had experienced for the first time in my life a genuine presence of God a sense that the Holy Spirit was with us we had 48 people who accepted Christian faith

And that was a turning point in my life. I then began to see that no matter if I was elected to any future office or not, that there were other things in life. When we do have a setback in politics or in business or whatever, we need to have faith that we can find an alternative that would give us much more significant priorities in life.

And that was a turning point in my life. I then began to see that no matter if I was elected to any future office or not, that there were other things in life. When we do have a setback in politics or in business or whatever, we need to have faith that we can find an alternative that would give us much more significant priorities in life.

And that was a turning point in my life. I then began to see that no matter if I was elected to any future office or not, that there were other things in life. When we do have a setback in politics or in business or whatever, we need to have faith that we can find an alternative that would give us much more significant priorities in life.

Well, it was after I left the White House that we found Rosalind. that we would be confronting each other in the same house all day long and not have a job outside, although we do a lot of things now outside that we didn't anticipate then.