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- LETTERS, Page 6Stepping-Stone to Greatness
-
- Thank you for the report on the activities of Jimmy Carter
- (PROFILE, Sept. 11), and thanks to Carter for reaffirming my
- faith in his abilities as a world leader. Obviously, the
- presidency was not Carter's major role but a necessary
- stepping-stone to a greater and more important one: that of
- humanitarian!
-
- Ricki Webb Hatboro, Pa.
-
- Former President Carter had his chance and blew it. He
- should stop interfering in foreign countries, stay off rooftops
- and quit wasting taxpayer money by dragging his Secret Service
- entourage on worldwide travels.
-
- Floyd C. Anderson Chula Vista, Calif.
-
- To say Carter is perhaps "the best former President America
- has ever had" may be going too far. That accolade should
- rightly go to John Quincy Adams. After leaving the White House
- in 1829, Adams served with distinction for 17 years in the U.S.
- House of Representatives. There he skillfully campaigned against
- slavery and the Mexican War, controversial positions at the
- time. His courage to do right never wavered, and when he was
- finally stricken on the floor of the House at the age of 80, no
- one else in either house of Congress had earned as much respect
- and admiration.
-
- Joli Quentin Kansil Honolulu
-
- Your information on our ex-Chief was no surprise to me, but
- it was a reminder. That old feeling of guilt emerged again
- because I permitted Reagan to mesmerize me and my pocketbook.
- Carter reminds me of Abraham Lincoln.
-
- Otis W. Patrick El Paso
-