Jimmy Carter: “I am also instructing that the embargo be reinstituted, permitting shipments that are en route to come into our country.”

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.

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.

All of us must learn to waste less energy.

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.