JIMMY CARTER 1990 Liberty Medal Recipient
1990 Liberty
Medal Recipient
"President Jimmy Carter...has
demonstrated among his other virtues that liberty is internalized within him –
in his mind, in his heart, in his soul, and in the use of his time and his
immense energy. Liberty
is both a means and an end. It flourishes best in those cultures in which leaders
– like Carter – are models of loyalty, faith and honesty, and persuasive
advocates of other moral principles."
Liberty Medal International Selection Commission
Americans should ask themselves what are
the deeper meanings of these simple words: liberty and equality – on which our
ideals are based…(they should include)…freedom from deprivation and
hopelessness…equal opportunity to a job, to health care and decent housing. By
sharing these values – freedom, democracy and the alleviation of human suffering–
with those who still do not know them, we exalt ourselves and we honor those
early Americans from whom we inherited our country’s greatness. I pray that we
will enhance the greatness of our free and noble country."
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
Liberty Medal acceptance speech, July 4,
1990
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
was the president for the Jimmy Carter
administration, is a member of the Clinton
Global Initiative, a member of the Phi Beta
Kappa Society, and an honorary co-chairman for the Millennium Promise.
Note: William
J. Clinton is the founding chairman for the Clinton
Global Initiative, a member of the Phi Beta
Kappa Society, and was the chairman for the National Constitution Center.
George H.W.
Bush is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative,
a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society,
and the chairman emeritus for the National
Constitution Center.
George Soros
is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative,
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society, and the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Millennium
Promise, the Brookings Institution
(think tank), the International
Rescue Committee, Common Cause,
and the Committee for Economic Development.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic
Council of the United States
(think tank).
Henry
Louis Gates Jr. was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a trustee at the National Constitution Center.
Mary M.
Boies is a director at the International
Rescue Committee, and married to David
Boies.
David Boies
is married to Mary M. Boies, and a
trustee at the National Constitution Center.
Richard
Dreyfuss is a governing board member for Common
Cause, and was a trustee at the National
Constitution Center.
Ellen
Alemany is a trustee at the Committee for
Economic Development, and a trustee at the National Constitution Center.
Benjamin
W. Heineman Jr. is a trustee at the Committee
for Economic Development, and was a trustee at the National Constitution Center.
Anthony
C. Zinni is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States
(think tank), and was a trustee at the National Constitution Center.
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