Longest-lived US president, Jimmy Carter was always happy to speak his mind

Democrat James Earl 'Jimmy' Carter Jr swept to power in 1977 with his Trust Me campaign helping to beat Republican president Gerald Ford

Then governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter on December 12, 1974, when he announced he was seeking the nomination of the Democratic Party for the 1976 US presidential election. File picture: AP

Jimmy Carter, the United States’ longest-lived president, was never afraid to speak his mind.

Forthright and fearless, the Nobel Prize winner took potshots at former British prime minister Tony Blair and ex-US president George W Bush, among others.