gerald ford and jimmy carter
Gerald Ford;
-38th US President
-Neither elected as President or Vice-President
-Pardoned Nixon and all Vietnam draft dodgers
-Straight forward President "Restored the nations faith in gov't"
-Continued Détente
Jimmy Carter;
-39th President from 1976-1980
-Most famous for his dealing with the Arab Israeli conflict
-Hosted the Camp David Accords in 1979
-Was a strong supporter of détente and oversaw the SALT II talks
-38th US President
-Neither elected as President or Vice-President
-Pardoned Nixon and all Vietnam draft dodgers
-Straight forward President "Restored the nations faith in gov't"
-Continued Détente
Jimmy Carter;
-39th President from 1976-1980
-Most famous for his dealing with the Arab Israeli conflict
-Hosted the Camp David Accords in 1979
-Was a strong supporter of détente and oversaw the SALT II talks
"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have."
-Gerald Ford |
"When I was in the White House, I was confronted with the challenge of the Cold War. Both the Soviet Union and I had 30,000 nuclear weapons that could destroy the entire earth and I had to maintain the peace."
-Jimmy Carter |
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James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for work to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development. Gerald Ford was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and, prior to this, was the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974 under President Richard Nixon. He was the first person appointed to the Vice Presidency. When he became president upon Richard Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974, he became the first and to date only person to have served as both Vice President and President of the United States without being elected by the Electoral College. Before ascending to the Vice Presidency.