section_path: Post-presidency (1981–2024)
section_name: Post-presidency (1981–2024)
paragraph_text: Post-presidency (1981–2024)
  
  Shortly after losing reelection, Carter told the White House press corps that he intended to emulate the retirement of Harry S. Truman and not use his subsequent public life to enrich himself.
  
  Shortly after losing reelection, Carter told the White House press corps that he intended to emulate the retirement of Harry S. Truman and not use his subsequent public life to enrich himself.