Alt-text: Hexagonal portrait of Jimmy Carter, with a quote about strength and gentleness attributed to Jimmy Carter. Transcribed Text: BEST STOICS A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It’s a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity Jimmy Carter