Jimmy Carter: “The overriding issue in the 1976 Presidential campaign was the restoration of faith in our government.”

Base on what I just said, which I can't retract.

That our country for the first time in my lifetime has abandoned basic principles of human rights.

I hope that this book, which is -- has a provocative title, but I don't consider provocative to be a bad word.

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.