“If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.”

So in 1979 that must have been what he was thinking when the Iranians took over our embassy.

True.

That philosophy may describe how he was able to destroy so much in such a short period. Carter's ANTI-nature's law approach through a collectivist mentality was horrific. He has helped a lot more people in his private capitalistic endeavors than through his public atrocities.