Jimmy Carter: “To bring some tightly drawn, simplistic cohesion into this broadly diverse responsibility is almost impossible.”

We look on human rights as an ability to live in peace. And to believe that your future will be better than your past might be.

Without immediate action, we are at genuine risk of civil conflict and losing our precious democracy.

There's only one chance and one life to count for something. And my faith tells me, or my faith demands, that I use whatever I have whenever I can, to make a difference in people's lives.

I hope that this book, which is -- has a provocative title, but I don't consider provocative to be a bad word.