In a country that came to expect politicians to lie, Carter’s legacy can seem quaint ... boyhood admission to his father that “I cannot tell a lie” — he had cut down the family’s ...

SACRAMENTO — Jimmy Carter was the right ... “is someone who can run the government competently, who understands their problems and will tell the truth. We’re not dealing with ideologies ...

It was vintage Jimmy Carter: a man of faith ... to tell them the truth, tell them what we can do and what we can’t do.” As president he was convinced it was his role to educate.

Small town people can make an impact wherever they go." − Keaymonda Hollis, who grew up in Plains, said his grandfather was close friends with Carter at children. “Uncle Jimmy became governor, and one ...