Jimmy Carter Farewell Address (January 14 1981)

Holy shnizz wangers I finally found this. I was searching for it two years ago and all I could find were brief two minute clips. Today, on a whim, I decided to search the internet again and finally snagged the whole thing. I have to say, Ive been really surprised how hard it is to find a lot of these speeches and debates. You would think there would have been a central hub for all these long ago online or on KZbin somewhere. You WOULD think that...but you'd be wrong.

[@liamhirst5365]

Who knew he’d still be here forty years later god bless

[@wilnerolivier7971]

Now 98!!

[@malcolmpalmer569]

Carter is now in the "final chapter" of his journey according to his grandson, Josh Carter.

[@SupportTheArts-yo8ox]

@@wilnerolivier7971 now 99!!!

[@TheSilentMajorityNation]

Thank God 🙏

[@gamelot12093]

99@@wilnerolivier7971

[@ryanhenry5445]

You were not the greatest President, you were a great man. You served others throughout your life. You were too kind of person to survive in politics. Rest in peace Mr. Carter.

[@314JulianaSanders]

He was an exemplary human being and one we can be Proud served as our President compared to the Biden Crime organization in the WH tonight. President Carter lived a life that was an example good human stewardship! RIP President Carter your work is done. See your wife again and be happy. Please watch over the US on our forward journey through these next years and guide our leaders from the other side!!! For President Carters family, I’m so sorry for your loss of a beautiful man.

[@maryhlad5277]

I thank you for your service to our nation, President Carter.

[@blakelightcap4835]

1977-81 4 years, he is living pretty heavily, he will be 100 in 2024 of October 1.

[@Zndwls]

Although Jimmy Carter was an unsuccessful U.S. President, I profoundly respect his sincere Christian faith, humility, modesty, and wholehearted commitment to the world peace, reconciliation, democracy, human rights, and caring for the world's poor (Habitat for Humanity).

[@garryharriman7349]

Unsucessful? Bloody unlucky is more accurate.

[@hardsam68]

I don’t think 8 years compared to 4 is necessarily a judgement of failure or success

[@cedricbaccay633]

Unsuccessfully re-elected but definitely not a failure

[@lincolnflick7535]

If Regan wouldn’t have sabotaged Carters deal with the hostages, he would have had them released before Election Day yet Regan made a deal for the, to wait until after Regan’s inauguration to release the hostages.

[@williamcrook4943]

HE WOULD HAVE GONE TO JAIL IF HE HAD 2 FOR THE MESS THAT HAPPENED WITH IRAN & THE LOSS OF LIFE

[@Cuse330Ci]

This speech is perfect for today. RIP President Carter.

[@matthewwiederspan3025]

Thank you, President Carter, for your service to this country. You're a reminder of how Presidents should act, even when they face defeat.

[@ElfHostage]

This comment aged so well it brings a tear to my eye.

[@logan3093]

this aged like fine wine

[@michaelbailey702]

@@ElfHostage Trump won

[@michaelbailey702]

@@logan3093 Trump won

[@zeus6662]

Belated Happy 96th Birthday Mr. President. You have done for the world than anyone realized. Your generosities towards refugees and people without a voice will always be remembered.

[@adamst.martin1932]

December 16, 2019- Jimmy Carter is just like Mister Rogers... Love you Jimmy Carter♥️♥️🇺🇲👍👍🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@usa6207]

he still live, you can gor to Georgia and see him

[@jpb1801]

Mr. Rogers if he graduated from the Naval Academy and was a submariner.

[@nolan2606]

One of the greatest Americans and Humanitarians of our time! Not bad for a kid from Plains.

[@SW2799]

When we listen to his words and see how dignified he is, it makes me cringe to know what we have in that office today. True to the gentleman that Jimmy Carter is, he won't come out and directly say something disparaging about the current occupant of the White House. You definitely have class Mr. Carter!!

[@jasondonellan776]

I wasn't born until 1984 but I understand what you mean there's patience in hes voice today forget it everything is so lost

[@MarchOnRome]

Carter might've been a good person, yes. He was a terrible President, though. Trump is actually much better. Trump has been the best president since Reagan.

[@GoDawgs18]

I like Trump’s policies but he acts so bad sometimes

[@ben3634]

lol look what’s happening now

[@garryharriman7349]

He did declare that the US is now an oiligarchy, which, of course, it is!

[@ogs.i.c.k6263]

Jimmy Carter from the same county im from and STILL LIVE THERE! PLAINS GA. SUMTER CO.

[@GoDawgs18]

I live three hours from there in North Georgia 🤷‍♂️

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

We would have been better off he stayed in plains. He was a horrible president.

[@JaimeValladares00]

@@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879 You know nothing

[@TangledUpInBlue631]

This is what a thoughtful, reflective and decent man says when he is preparesd to hand the keys of the Oval Office to Reagan. I am always proud of President Carter. Godspeed, sir.

[@justinquaylepate1358]

Carter was our president the year I was born (1978)

[@ButtHill420]

Clinton was president the year I was born 1996 :)

[@chryslerelectronicleanburn1676]

Thank you for uploading. I was in kindergarten at the time and truly did not understand what was going on at the time. Thank you for passing along. I prayed a rosary for President Carter when he was hospitalized.

[@ts214121]

This is from the year before I started kindergarten. Reagan was the first president I remember.

[@joystickonomics3570]

Happy birthday Jimmy Carter! God bless you!

[@misterakt]

The universe is billions of years old, but we have all been lucky enough to exist at the same time as President Carter. Regardless what you think of his term as president, THIS is what a great American looks like.

[@susanstamboulian646]

Amen!

[@RobertStambaugh-l5r]

Only God knows how old the universe is . After all , he created it . Scientists don't know jack compared to God .

[@susanstamboulian646]

@@RobertStambaugh-l5r I agree, Sir. Although, most scientists are disgusting Atheists.

[@scipioafricanus3324]

He seems like a very good man.

[@babykevinxoxo]

He betrayed ROC

[@GoDawgs18]

Kevin is Nice who is ROC?

[@babykevinxoxo]

@@GoDawgs18 Taiwan

[@lennoxt.anderson8966]

Scipio Africanus He is

[@malcolmpalmer569]

He almost destroyed the ROKUS Alliance.

[@trainkid01]

Thank you carter

[@SSJRanulf]

Thank you for posting this. What a gift. Carter is a wonderful, incredible man who has done so much good for America and for the world. He's a true hero. His presidency was very flawed, but we are so much better that he was president, as it gave him the visibility and influence to do tremendous things.

[@WilliamStoneContentZone]

Thank you for uploading this I've been looking for it too

[@theCarbonFreeze]

William Stone No problem. Glad I could help

[@Butwhoisthedreamer]

One of our best Presidents.

[@gamingman3575]

I agree.

[@mrearlygold]

A much better president than what he is given credit for

[@non-wokemillennialakat85re72]

Carter was a terrible president let's be real...good guy but terrible president...

[@Mshi-]

​@@non-wokemillennialakat85re72 terrible how?

[@patszer8314]

I did not appreciate the merits of this good man while he was president but I will say this. I would vote for a young Jimmy Carter today. I didn't realize it then but Jimmy Carter was just the kind of leader we needed after Watergate and he was right about so many things but the American people turned on him. God Bless Jimmy Carter.

[@Maestrohbill]

He was a (generally) decent man in a job way over his head. I’ve never hated Carter, but a change was necessary, too. (

[@kidmack3556]

@@Maestrohbill Not true, everything that he was accused of failing at, he took care of BEFORE he left office; Hostages, energy crisis, unemployment rolls etc. Just remember what he and interim President Ford were left with and had to fix in a little less than six years! That was twelve years worth of somebody else's clutter to go through before he could even start work.

[@threerings1345]

I can't believe he's still alive 45 years later when he looks about 65 here. Of course he was younger than that but stress takes a toll on physical appeaerance. My mother works for hospice and says people can survive amazing lengths of time in end of life treatment. Good luck to a strong, proud man who gave so much to his country,

[@generalfilms9947]

Now he has reached 100 years old, its been 43 years since he left office 🌟🇺🇲

[@Th33Vultur3]

I was born in March 1980. Jimmy was president when I was born. It hard to believe he died December 29, 2024 after turning 100 three months ago.

[@wseverin]

Maybe best past-president we've ever had. i met him personally only once. We were boarding an airplane from Brussels to Atlanta, and had a chance to chat for a minute. He has been an extraordinary senior representative of our nation all of the years since his presidency. Mr. President, sir, i thank you for your service.

[@montuviog1111]

One of the greatest speeches in American history. A throwback and sad reminder of what America used to represent around the world.

[@TheSilentMajorityNation]

Exactly this

[@EdwardReed-m6f]

I thought you were great President Carter and you did good for our country and the world. I world was in a better place for having you in it Thanks for your service of the nation and the world. If i had had been old enough at the time i would have voted for you both times. Now rest in peace ❤.

[@amongtheliving789]

Carter was by no means perfect, but after 40 years of Reaganomics, I’d go back to those years in a heartbeat.

[@renealexander2703]

No. It's not Reaganomics. It's Bidenomics.

[@TangledUpInBlue631]

Reagan was the beginning of the end of comity and tolerance in America. Jimmy Carter was way ahead of his time. We continue to pay the price for electing Reagan.

[@renealexander2703]

@@TangledUpInBlue631, there was ZERO tolerance and comity in America BEFORE Reagan. There has been zero tolerance and comity dating back to the 1850s when black people were made slaves, and there was no tolerance for black people in the 1920s, 30s, 40s, 50s 60s and 70s.

[@michaelatkinson6730]

that is the dumbest comment I have ever read. We are living in Jimmy Carters economy now.

[@BHill-rz9tg]

Thank you President Carter. God be with you!

[@seanc7342]

He may of not been cut out for president but God what he warned us of in this speech has completely come to fruition

[@shadowsky8459]

He is still here 40 years later

[@bradyfry8031]

He wasn't a great president, but I believe he was a man of the people. He and Ford are the most humble gentlemen to have held the office of president in my opinion.

[@jamesgarner8262]

Thank you 🙏 for your presidential service, Mr. Carter.™️

[@LeftysLefty]

This is one of the great Presidential Addresses. Ivr often thought of this and how the world changed - and not in a good way - when Reagan and the GOP took over. America should have listened to what he said 41 years ago. Thank you for posting this

[@theCarbonFreeze]

Youre welcome. I also like the Crisis of Confidence speech by him

[@LeftysLefty]

@@theCarbonFreeze I have a very vivid memory of listening to President Carters farewell address - I was working my way through college as a night watchman and heard it on the radio. I remember him making very strong points about energy use, the environment, and about human rights which really stuck with me because those are areas that Republicans do not care about. His words are even more important today 40 years later. I've often talked about it, but I've never met anyone else who actually had seen or heard the speech - it was a great summary of what values define and set off the Democratic Party from the Repubicans - values that are still very much in evidence. The world would be a different place today if he had won in 1980 or if we had listened to him and taken it to heart. Would mam-made climate change have become the problem it did if we had listened to Pres. Carter and taken the environment seriously 40 years ago? I'd long thought this speech was lost in mists of time and was actually delighted to see it pop up on KZbin - it never occurred to me to find it in here - thanks again for posting this.

[@kidmack3556]

@@LeftysLefty I loved him, best years of my life 1976-1979 I let President Carter down by not voting because I didn't know that I could've voted for him by absentee provisional ballot. 1980 was several years before voter reform and therefore I didn't know my voter's rights while residing temporarily out of my State of residence. Yes, absolutely would've bettered my life, and many, many others had he defeated Reagan in 1980.

[@LeftysLefty]

@@kidmack3556 I am ashamed to say that I voted for Anderson. In many ways my younger self was an idiot. Fortunately I was living in DC so It really didn't matter as Carter win DC in a Landslide. But if I could take back and do over one vote in my lifetime I def change that 1980 vote to Carter. Just imagine how different the world would be today....

[@kidmack3556]

@@LeftysLefty Ha ha ha ha! How ironic. I was in Mt.Rainer! (Just a few blocks from the location of the actual 1940's house of the boy that William Peter Blatty used for Linda Blair's character in his book "The Exorcist") My father had received orders for an assignment at Walter Reed, and I helped with the cross-country move, and I was living there waiting for my convening dates for my own enlistment which was 2 Jan Don't be ashamed, I remember many of my friends said that they preferred Anderson to Carter, but I don't think they actually bothered to vote for either. Deep down, most of my contemporaries felt as I did, which was that Reagan had no chance of winning, as he was a war mongering reactionary governor that had been despised by most of the people, the young people anyway, in the very State he represented. Those were the years that the Republicans really took advantage of low voter registration and even lower turnout, and it's still works for them on the local level. This past election Tuesday, I saw on the ballot counting machine a (Another benefit of voter information reform) that at the time of casting my ballot, I was only the second voter so far at 10am!!! Nice talking to you

[@seanc7342]

Thank for your service President Carter and more importantly thank you for all your post presidency work rest in peace President Carter we are losing one of the greatest human beings who shows some of the heart our country has. I hope we can remember and use him as a role model for our current and future leaders as we try to heal this nations divide

[@mytiggertat]

Words of a wise man.

[@thattimestampguy]

0:00 Giving Thanks 0:54 “We’ve faced great challenges together and we know that future problems will also be difficult.” 1:10 Inner Strength, Unchanging Value and Principle of Ideals. Stability of our system. ingenuity and decency of our people. 1:27 The Office of The Presidency 2:01 Every American has a duty to help shape the future coarse of the United States 2:37 Population BOOM 3:08 Single Issue, Special Interests Protection of Self Interest Protection of National Interest The President should be Strong 4:33 It’s a formidable task, that I wish success to future Presidents 5:23 3 Issues 1. Nuclear War 2. Environmental Decline 8:30 3. Human Rights 11:04/12:54 7:14 National Weakness, real or perceived, can tempt aggression and even war 9:37 Air, Water, Land 10:31 Tackle the issue, we can do it 11:53 Human Rights Invented America (?) ‘13:23 [The Democratic Platform] ‘13:42 A Time of Transition and Tension 15:09 We Know - Democracy is always unfinished and must be renewed in each generation in the light of its own challenges 15:58 Lives of American Hostages held in Iran

[@chaddelk3605]

If I'm not mistaken President Carter is one of the few one-term presidents to give a farewell address to the nation.

[@theCarbonFreeze]

You are correct, but mostly because before Truman almost no President ever gave a farewell speech. Washington and Jackson were the only two before the Cold War era.

[@amberlawson5095]

The only president who has not given a farewell address in the Cold War era was President Kennedy, as he was assassinated on November 22, 1963

[@matthewbennett971]

Go to the Miller Center's web site. They have speeches from a heck of a lot of presidents. Ford's 1977 SOTU is one of them.

[@malcolmpalmer569]

What about LBJ's 1969 SOTU? That counts as a farewell address.

[@tomojpeg]

thanks for giving the date@@amberlawson5095

[@seanc7342]

You were a wise man President Carter

[@abdullahimahi9231]

I am not American but I have to recognize that president carter was a great human with great humanity

[@boydbeasley3751]

Carter was a terrible President. I still respect him due to his humanitarian work.

[@non-wokemillennialakat85re72]

But Carter can now breath a sigh of relief...he looks like George Washington now compared to this current baffone...

[@katherinefranklin4136]

Biden is a terrible. PRESIDENT. worst yet. He a traitor to his own country and people

[@di4791]

God bless you Mr. Carter! I’m not even American but I look up to you

[@hugotaylor884]

We should listen to these wise words now, more than ever. Mr. Trump needs to pay attention to these in particular.

[@ethantaube2512]

Tomorrow 10/01/20 President Jimmy Carter turns 96

[@DrLA-db8kk]

Beautiful! Timeless! Thank you President Carter!

[@Wizardof]

Not only is he still with us and doing a great job, but he could COME BACK A SECOND TIME under the law.

[@potuschats2821]

half this speech is basically Carl Sagan. nice find!!!! thanks for sharing!

[@beardedmillennial82]

Thank you for finding and posting this! Perhaps the outgoing occupant of the White House could follow President Carter's example.

[@manbehindacameras1617]

Carter 2024

[@MICHAELHOLMES-xf4rm]

THE GREATEST AFTER PRESIDENCY EVER...A GOOD PRESIDENT, A GREAT HUMAN BEING

[@MikeBreiburg]

Watching this on 1/15/25 AM

[@production4989]

Former Prez ,Mr .Jimmy Carter was one of great political leader in U.S....

[@eroystermd827]

A farmer's farewell. A great man, thanks!

[@neilfeinberg7825]

Peanut farmers are blessed with longevity acres of Sunbeam spread! God bless

[@thomasjames5757]

This guy was kind of metal in a weird way. He brought a radical, almost over-the-top calmness to the office, contrasting sharply with the unlikeable douchers who came before and after him. He was basically America's first ASMRtist president.

[@lajesq176]

Has anyone seen the post election speech where Carter stepped out of a building with white columns (White House?) are started crying while conceding that he had let the American people down? Wonderful speech. I saw it when I was a little kid. Would love to see it again.

[@erichottel7783]

John Steinbeck said that America 🇺🇸 would still function without its government, while Russia wouldn't.

[@erichottel7783]

His behaviour has always been exemplary. A great example.

[@michaelatkinson6730]

I love you Jimmy Carter but "bye Felicia" The country was better with you out of the White House.

[@lukesherman8633]

Can you do a president Regan state to the union address

[@LeftysLefty]

Why? He was disgusting (pardon my French)

[@theweirdestsmartchannel1842]

@@LeftysLefty exactly jimmy carter wasn’t perfect but I’d take two terms of him over Reagan

[@LeftysLefty]

@@theweirdestsmartchannel1842 in a different time line Reagan would have rightly gone down as one of the biggest criminals in history.

[@theweirdestsmartchannel1842]

@@LeftysLefty sadly he won’t go down as the racist war criminal but instead a conservative god

[@RobertStambaugh-l5r]

@@LeftysLefty Ronald Reagan eliminated several nuclear weapons , saving the world from becoming ashes and preventing what President Carter said what might happen . " No one wins in a nuclear exchange " - Ronald Reagan . President Reagan is America's greatest President of all time and our most successful Christian President !

[@nicholaswoodall9152]

he was a good president

[@ethantaube2512]

Jimmy is on hospice care

[@marcosaguilar518]

Thank God he had to clock out and go home

[@Endgame707]

Jimmy carter is a Spaniard 🇪🇸

[@gabrielisaacc.almelor582]

He could have run in 1992 after the cold war

[@chrissystewart6268]

President Carter is the sweetest person besides President Biden, Bill Clinton, George W Bush, & Barack Obama

[@progressive29]

President Carter should have won a second term. I would take President Carter on his worst day than Ronald Reagan ANYDAY!!!

[@non-wokemillennialakat85re72]

Carter is one of the worst presidents in history and Reagan is one of the best...a little backwards there...

[@progressive29]

@@non-wokemillennialakat85re72 Donald Trump will go down as one of the WORST presidents EVER!!

[@non-wokemillennialakat85re72]

@@progressive29 Trump was one of the best presidents great economy before the foreign virus low gas prices no inflation...Trump was great and yeah I don't blame a foreign virus like your delusional l people do and by the way their is medication for ones like that ...and if he was a democrat you would be saying the same thing about Trump just admit it little man but anyways yeah...ohh you sheeple hate Trump also because he called Obama one of the worst presidents ever on multiple occasions but to be fair he was kind of right 🤷...here is the deal about the modern day democratic party... can't run a lemonade stand let alone a country...ohh by the way do you want to tell me the current approval rating of your current clown president we can talk about that but I expect like always you crazies will mention Trump again like obsessed mental patients so prove me wrong and admit that your current president is a complete disaster am all ears...but the Trump argument can you really mention that anymore...your clown president in more unpopular that Trump is... aww that's tough...and I just noticed I didn't even mention Trump inmy earlier comment...you poor child get some help please...

[@JohnSmith-4U]

You are smoking some good stuff

[@CarlosGunX]

The first member of the Trilateral Commission to become president.. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilateral_Commission

[@slickfinish3261]

JOINT CHIEFS SALUTE EAGLE WON

[@thematrix606]

Let's compare this to Trump's farewell address in a few weeks...

[@tktru]

....if he can even muster the courage to do so

[@karismalovesglitter]

@@tktru well, you were right. He didn’t even have the courage to admit he’d lost

[@kidmack3556]

"Stand by" "Fight like hell" "Were gonna go down there" And "Find me eleven thousand votes" That would qualify as "contrast" I suppose.

[@lw3646]

Reminds me a bit of Biden right now. Seems kind, respectful, dignified.

[@non-wokemillennialakat85re72]

Biden is a Jacka$$ Carter isn't...

[@JohnSmith-4U]

And completely ineffective as a leader

[@lw3646]

@John Smith he did his best i think to deal with a global energy crisis and all the upheaval in Iran and Afghanistan. He inherited a country that was bery demoralused and bitter and did what was within his power to help to heal the wounds.

[@Mshi-]

​@@JohnSmith-4U as if your convicted felon was....

[@user-gv5fh7yb7f]

The gentlemen definitely knows his Americana onions, but when he gets to his to-do list in minute 13, it's about only 40% (2 out of 5) covered, now half-a-century later- not a very good exam grade. At least we still know how to read & write.

[@garrymunyack5872]

Weak. We have 2.0 now.

[@non-wokemillennialakat85re72]

Actually *Biden is much worse...

[@3dartistguy]

Thank God for Ronald Reagan.

[@leafyutube]

Too boring. I prefer Trump speeches. More entertainment value and you can gather with friends.

[@theCarbonFreeze]

To each their own. Ive never been a big fan of Carter's oration either. Id say JFK, Reagan, Clinton, FDR and Nixon are the strongest orators of the 20th Century for which we have video, regardless of ones opinion on their policies

[@kitamiwoome9349]

A U.S. president is not supposed to be entertaining. They are not entertainers, they are statesmen.

[@theCarbonFreeze]

Youre not wrong but being a charismatic speaker helps you get elected and at the presidential level its basically a requirement

[@tedquinn]

Farewell, President Carter.

[@DarthVaderTheSithLord]

Farewell, President Carter.