Claim: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter once said: "A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity."
Fact-check: Jimmy Carter Once Said This Quote About Strong and Weak Nations?
Verdict: correct attribution
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Caroline Wazer
Date published: 2025-01-09T12:00:03