For that, we all owe him a debt of gratitude.

Former Georgia State Representative Stacey Abrams called Carter a giant who never saw anyone as smaller than himself.

Jimmy Carter delivers his Fireside Chat from the library in the White House. ca. 1 February 1978. (Photo by: Hum Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Jimmy Carter delivers his Fireside Chat from the library in the White House in 1978.Hum Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images