Jimmy Carter: “I applaud the Senate for showing the Nation and the world that this country is ready to deal with an unexpected future…”

The aircraft carrying the 52 American hostages had cleared Iranian airspace on the first -- first leg of a journey home. And at every one of the 52 hostages was alive, was well and free.

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

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.

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.