I do not promise you that this struggle for freedom will be easy.

I do not promise a quick way out of our nation's problems when the truth is that the only

way out is an all-out effort.

What I do promise you is that I will lead our fight and I will enforce fairness in our struggle

and I will ensure honesty.

And above all, I will act.

That was former president Jimmy Carter,

speaking from the Oval Office in 1979

about a crisis of confidence facing the country.

Carter died on Sunday.

He was 100 years old, the longest living U.S. president of all time.

Carter had been in poor health for a while. In February last year, he entered hospice care.

He had been treated in recent years for an aggressive form of skin cancer with tumors that spread

to his liver and his brain.

In the hours since Carter's death, condolences have been pouring in, from around the world and from

across the political spectrum. President Joe Biden, President-elect Donald Trump, Senate

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell,

they release statements on Sunday praising his character, his humility, and his devotion to public service.

At the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta on Sunday evening,

a slow stream of visitors laid flowers and notes at a statue of the late president near the

library's entrance.

Carter only served one term as president, but in many ways, those four years in the White

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