Jimmy Carter: “I hope that our formal statement, by making our position clear, will ease the difficult process of negotiating…”

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.

Our great nation now teeters on the brink of a widening abyss. Without immediate action, we are at genuine risk of civil conflict and losing our precious democracy.

I say to you, quite frankly, that the time for racial discrimination is over.

I fear for our democracy.