Former President Barack Obama on Sunday remembered Jimmy Carter as a "remarkable man" and said while many flocked to Maranatha Baptist Church to hear the 39th U.S. president preach on Sundays, they were also drawn to his "decency."
Carter made good on his promise to voters to tell them the truth, "advocating for the public good, consequences be damned," Obama wrote in a post on Medium.
"He believed some things were more important than reelection — things like integrity, respect, and compassion," Obama said. "Because Jimmy Carter believed, as deeply as he believed anything, that we are all created in God's image."
Carter didn't just claim these values, he "embodied them," Obama said.
"And in doing so, he taught all of us what it means to live a life of grace, dignity, justice, and service."
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