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Jimmy Carter is about to receive an honorary degree from Oxford University.

It is a reminder of the remarkable - and controversial - legacy of this unusually active former President.

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Former President Jimmy Carter and the Bush administration traded jabs this weekend. Mr. Carter told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette he thinks President Bush is the "worst in history." The White House countered, saying the former president is "increasingly irrelevant."

Mr. Carter followed with a "my bad" moment on NBC's "Today" this morning, saying his remarks were "careless or misinterpreted."

So is Mr. Carter becoming irrelevant? I talked to CBS News consultant and presidential historian Douglas Brinkley who says definitely not.

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"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, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on this date in 2002.

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