Melania Trump joins Donald in the Capitol Rotunda to pay respects to Jimmy Carter ahead of his funeral

Joe Bidenpresident

Carter was a decent man. I think Carter looked at the world not from here but from here, where everybody else lives,

Biden said as he gestured from above his head towards his heart

President Carter was a living embodiment of leadership through service, compassion, and a thirst for justice for all,

he said

I’m originally from Nashua, New Hampshire, and when I was a child, Jimmy Carter slept at my house,

said Susan Prolman

In the face of illness, President Jimmy Carter brought lifesaving medicine. In the face of conflict, he brokered peace. In the face of discrimination, he reminded us that we are all made in the image of God. And if you were to ask him why he did it all, he would likely point to his faith.”

Said Johnson in his tribute

President Carter was the governor of the great state of Georgia when I was born,

said Lyn Leverett, among the people who waited in below-freezing weather Wednesday

He cared about other people,

she said,

William Galstonamerican educator and politician

There's an obvious similarity; that is, that Carter turned out to be a one-term president, and Biden turned out to be a one-term president,

Bill Galston, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, told VOA on Zoom

I don't even know how to begin to answer that question,

he said finally

We are indebted to his pioneering voice on actions for a healthy planet that have protected our natural environment and slowed climate change,

Ruto remarked

Barack Obamaformer President

He believed some things were more important than reelection — things like integrity, respect, and compassion. Because Jimmy Carter believed, as deeply as he believed anything, that we are all created in God’s image,

Obama noted

In observance of the National Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter, the U.S. Embassy will be closed on Thursday, January 9,

the embassy stated

I'm reminded of his admonition to quote, 'Live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon,

Johnson remarked on Tuesday

In recognition of President Carter’s long and distinguished service to the nation, it is our intention to ask the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate to permit his remains lie in state in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol,

the leaders wrote