Jimmy Carter: “I do hereby designate Sunday, October 9, 1977, as Leif Erikson Day.”

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

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.

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.

I fear for our democracy.