Jimmy Carter: “The situation in our Nation now is much better than we generally are willing to acknowledge.”

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.

Hospitals are just like prisons. They're easy to get in, but hard to get out. You need to help me get out of here so that I can go and serve the people in Tennessee.

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.