Since 1988. She is assisting on human rights. Ssues karen has been the heart and soul of the human rights and deborah so its a giant treat to have karen here and i know you wee heard this before but are also blessed to have john pulitzerere who was a prizewinning biographer and contributor to the New York Times book review. They print periodicals. [laughter] he is a professor at Vanderbilt University from chattanooga. There is a border dispute between georgia and tennessee but we are pleased he is from north georgia. [laughter] [applause] you are obviously not running this year. Im not running in tennessee, thats for sure. He has embarked on a project in addition to the numerous books he has written and have been bestsellers and Pulitzer Prize winners, his last year, he published the soul of america, the battle for our better angels and that project i think along , may bein this group better than introducing you to them, introduce him to you and i will introduce you them to you which i
I saw last night where the president said barack obama started this border policy and im correcting it. And what they did and this is what i want you to consider, what one of the tv networks did is put out people making statements about what was happening. They showed Jeff Sessions when he first announced the separation policy at the border. Problem, as churchill said, alike and travel halfway around the world before the truth puts on its shoes. That is true. If we started a new bible, that should be one of the scriptures. Because its a fact. And the truth cannot always be uncontaminated with sprinkles of deceit. So you have a tough job. I dont want to make it seem like it is something you can do easily. Our system of government, beyond , it, our moral connections spent three and a half years in the seminary and didnt realize this until recently, but we depend significantly on shame. There are some things laws cant touch, and our society functions on shame. So when shame is dismembered
Foreign policy as a way to promote democratic ideals around the world. It was moderated by Pulitzer Prize winning lab for john meacham. [applause] jason thank you very much. It is my great honor to introduce this remarkable panel on a topic that is the core of everything that the Carter Center does. At the core of everything the Carter Center does, the northstar of this organization forever will be human rights because that has been the northstar for my grandparents forever and ever. To do that. Ed many of these people have been introduced to you before. Im going to use a prop to introduce my grandfather in a unique way for the first time ever. [laughter] i would like to introduce you to jonathans great grandfather. [applause] , on up, buddy. On up, buddy. That is the easiest applause line of the whole day. [laughter] poppa, weiousness, are all thrilled that you are here. We are excited you have devoted your life to human rights. And all of us are doing our very thatto ensure that incr
To promotes as a way human rights [applause] thank you very much. It is my honor to introduce this remarkable panel on a topic at the core of everything the Carter Center does. The north star for this organization will be human rights, because that has been the north star for my grandparents. We are honored to do that. Many of these people have been introduced to you before. I will use a prop to introduce my grandfather to you in a unique way, for the first time ever. [laughter] [applause] i would like to introduce you to jonathans greatgrandfather. [laughter] buddy . That, [applause] thats the easiest applause line of the whole day. Seriousness, we are thrilled you are here. We are excited that you have devoted your life to human rights and all of us are doing our very best to ensure that incredible legacy on this particular issue is preserved forever. Thank you and welcome president carter. [applause] jonathans greatgrandfather. Next, another person who needs no introduction is the 4
Introduced to you all before. Im going to use a prop to introduce my grandfather to you in a unique way, for the first time ever. Hold on. [laughter] [applause] jason i would like to introduce you to jonathans greatgrandfather. [laughter] jason how is that, buddy . [applause] is the easiest applause line of the whole day. In all seriousness, we are thrilled that you are here. We are excited that you have devoted your life to human rights and all of us are doing our very best to ensure that incredible legacy on this particular issue is preserved forever. So thank you very much, and welcome president carter. [applause] jason jonathans greatgrandfather. Next, another person who needs no introduction, is the 42nd Vice President of the United States. He served with my favorite president of all time. [laughter] i think you could see, even this morning at breakfast, the relationship these two great leaders have is one unique in history. They have an enormous amount of respect for each other.