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:"Our President, [[Woodrow Wilson]], was honored here for promoting the [[League of Nations]], whose two basic concepts were profoundly important: "collective security" and "self-determination." Now they are embedded in international law. Violations of these premises during the last half-century have been tragic failures, as was vividly demonstrated when the Soviet Union attempted to conquer Afghanistan and when Iraq invaded Kuwait.<ref>[http://jimmycarterlibrary.org/documents/nobel.phtml Text of Carter's Nobel Lecture] Jimmy Carter Library and Museum, 2002.</ref>
:"Our President, [[Woodrow Wilson]], was honored here for promoting the [[League of Nations]], whose two basic concepts were profoundly important: "collective security" and "self-determination." Now they are embedded in international law. Violations of these premises during the last half-century have been tragic failures, as was vividly demonstrated when the Soviet Union attempted to conquer Afghanistan and when Iraq invaded Kuwait.<ref>[http://jimmycarterlibrary.org/documents/nobel.phtml Text of Carter's Nobel Lecture] Jimmy Carter Library and Museum, 2002.</ref>
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[[Agha Hasan Abedi]] used his connections to Jimmy Carter to publicize the [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International]] (BCCI) to heads of state around the world. Abedi made his personal 727 jet available to Carter, and accompanied the former President to [[Thailand]], [[Tibet]], [[Hong Kong]], and the [[Soviet Union]], among other places. Carter introduced Abedi to many heads of state and government from [[Deng Xiaoping]] in [[China]] to [[James Callahan]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. Abedi donated a half million dollars to establish the Carter Presidential Library, and a public policy institute at [[Emory University]].
In his advanced age Carter's mental facilities began to falter (due to a brain tumor which was successfully removed, and several falls), nevertheless he continued making public speaking appearances (though he was unable to attend the funeral of [[Billy Graham]], not due to his illness, but due to his wife's recent surgery) and worked with the scandal-ridden Habitat for Humanity program.<ref>https://www.propublica.org/article/how-a-tip-about-habitat-for-humanity-became-a-whole-different-story</ref> As of 2020, he was the earliest-serving of five living U.S. presidents, the longest-lived president (and the first to reach the age of 95), the longest-retired president and the first to live forty years after initial inauguration.
In his advanced age Carter's mental facilities began to falter (due to a brain tumor which was successfully removed, and several falls), nevertheless he continued making public speaking appearances (though he was unable to attend the funeral of [[Billy Graham]], not due to his illness, but due to his wife's recent surgery) and worked with the scandal-ridden Habitat for Humanity program.<ref>https://www.propublica.org/article/how-a-tip-about-habitat-for-humanity-became-a-whole-different-story</ref> As of 2020, he was the earliest-serving of five living U.S. presidents, the longest-lived president (and the first to reach the age of 95), the longest-retired president and the first to live forty years after initial inauguration.