Jimmy Carter: “I will nominate George A. Dalley, of Washington, D.C., to be a member of the Civil Aeronautics Board.”

This is a very wise and very courageous thing for President Obama to do. And in my opinion, is long overdue.

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.

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

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