Jimmy Carter became the thirty-ninth President of the United States of America on January 20, 1977. During his Presidency, he fulfilled campaign promises to develop a national energy program, protect the nation's natural resources, and aid education. The Egypt-Israeli Treaty of Peace and the Panama Canal Treaty gained the worldwide president recognition. Out of all the parts of Carter's Foreign Policy, the two parts I found most interesting were human rights, and the strengthened ties with China.
             Human rights were the foundation of the Carter administration's foreign policy. In Carter's Inaugural Address on January 20, 1977, he said, "Our commitment to human rights must be absolute...the powerful must not persecute the weak, and human dignity must be enhanced...A new spirit now dominates the world itself. People...are craving and now demanding their place in the sun- not just for the benefit of their physical condition, but for basic human rights...Because we are now free, we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere." No other issue was so close to Jimmy Carter than human rights. The President was committed at home and abroad to human rights and this gave the people trust and courage. He accomplished his goal by public verbal protest, private diplomatic persuasion, and military and economic consensus. One example of how the President was committed at home is when he addressed a congregation of civil rights leaders at Ebenezer Baptist Church here in Atlanta. Even the President's wife, Roselyn Carter, was involved in human rights. In November 1979, Roselyn Carter flew to Thailand to visit relief centers caring for refugees of the Vietnam-Cambodian War. Upon her return to the United States, the first lady spoke about her experiences on nationwide television, and her efforts brought aid to thousands. Even in Carter's Farwell Address to the Nation on January 14, 1981 he spoke about human
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