Jimmy Carter on Fundamentalism: one can find it in religious circles and now “very overwhelmingly” in Washington.
A fundamentalist believes, say, in religious circles, that I am close to God. Everything that I believe is absolutely right. Anyone who disagrees with me, in any case, is inherently wrong and therefore, inferior. And it violates my basic principles if I negotiate with anyone else or listen to their point of view or modify my own positions at all. So that is what has permeated this administration.
Here [1] and here [2] are more detailed interviews of Jimmy Carter, discussing his latest book, “Our Endangered Values.”
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