Jimmy Carter: “I have a great admiration for you all and a great appreciation for what you have meant for our country.”

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.

All of us must learn to waste less energy.

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.

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.