LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – When news broke of the death of Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, many expressed their condolences and remembered him as a good humanitarian.
Several current and former leaders from the Natural State also took to social media to remember Carter and his impact on the world.
“Hillary and I mourn the passing of President Jimmy Carter and give thanks for his long, good life,” former President and Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton posted in a statement on social media . “Guided by his faith, President Carter lived to serve others until the very end.”
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Clinton remembered Carter for both his commitment to civil rights as a state senator and governor of Georgia to his efforts as president to protect natural resources in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, as well as his post-presidential efforts at the Carter Center.
“I will always be proud to have presented the Medal of Freedom to him and Rosalynn in 1999, and to have worked with him in the years after he left the White House,” Clinton said. “Our prayers are with Jack, Chip, Jeff, Amy, and their families.”