Jimmy Carter: “We are all striving together to contribute as best we can to improve our system, because we love our country.”

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.

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

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