Jimmy Carter
The 39th president of the United States (1977-1981)

Notre Dame Commencement Address

In his commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame on May 22, 1977, President Jimmy Carter rejected the United States’ “inordinate fear of communism” and argued for a renewed U.S. foreign policy based upon global alliances and respect for human rights: “For too many years, we've been willing to adopt the flawed and erroneous principles and tactics of our adversaries, sometimes abandoning our own values for theirs.”