Jimmy Carter: “Today, 25 of 35 coastal States and territories have approved programs covering nearly 80 percent of our coastlines.”

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.

I fear for our democracy.

Well, the agreement is not supposed to help the Cuban dictators and it doesn't. But the agreement does it helps both the Cuban people and the American people in the long-term.

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