Obasanjo also said that leaders, both incumbent and past, should learn from Carter’s legacy that one’s work does not simply end once they leave a place of office, but the work should continue for the good of their country and the world at large.
Obasanjo, speaking on Carter’s legacy of peace during his presidential reign, said, “Jimmy Carter, as I’ve said, was a man who understands power, but he also understands that the duty of power is rarely not in using it but in understanding it.”
He went on to say, “The power lies in people knowing it is there and you not using it. Don’t use a hammer to kill an ant, and that is what you see in President Crater. He was humble with power, and he knew how to use power. Bringing Israel and Egypt together was one great achievement in his legacy. And when you read the book that Jimmy Carter wrote on the Palestinian-Israeli problem, he understood the problem. He understood the genesis, and he prescribed what I will call equitable solution, and that is one thing any leader should do. You don’t jump into problems without understanding it, without knowing it.
