Jimmy Carter: “We honor them today for their faith in the principles of liberty and justice which motivated our founding fathers, and…”

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

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.

The title was very carefully chosen by me. And the first word is the most important. It's Palestine. The land of the Palestinians. It doesn't refer to Israel at all.