STATEMENT BY CLIFTON TRUMAN DANIEL
ON THE PASSING OF PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER

Today, our nation mourns the loss of a beloved statesman, world citizen, Nobel Peace Prize winner, friend and neighbor.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Carter family, our friends and colleagues at the Carter Center and the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, and all those who loved and were inspired by him.

I am honored to have spent enough time with Jimmy Carter, the longest surviving president in United States history, to consider the ways in which the Plains, Georgia, farmer was like my own grandfather, Harry Truman.

As tributes pour in for a former president who will be remembered for his faith, his fidelity, his character and his global leadership on peace and human rights, I hope these recollections will help illuminate the character and humanity of America’s 39th commander in chief.

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