THE FIGARO ARCHIVES – On October 11, 2002, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the former Democratic American president, who died Sunday at the age of 100, for his efforts in favor of a peaceful resolution of conflicts
Article published in Le Figaro on October 12, 2002.
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE – Former president awarded
The second life of Jimmy Carter
There is a January morning that every American president learns to hate: at the appointed hour that year, he suddenly ceases to be the most powerful man in the world. Lyndon Johnson, returned to Texas, started drinking and grew his hair like a hippy. Reagan, tired, began his painful descent into Alzheimer’s night. Bill Clinton is still in the news. But it is above all for the depth of his entertainment stamps.
Like the others, Jimmy Carter left the White House without knowing how to fill the rest of his life. There remained Rosalynn and the children. But at fifty-six years old, he was nothing more than a humiliated candidate, a peanut planter on the verge of ruin.
Against all odds, the “Ex” would turn out to be much better than at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. After Washington, he found the energy and ambition that the votes of a majority of Americans did not have…
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