Jimmy Carter: “I have pledged to you that our Nation will never import one drop more foreign oil than we did in 1977.”

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

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

I think that sends a clear signal to Maliki that we won't be there indefinitely and my hope is that they'll be a commitment by the world community including the controversial nations of Syria and Iran.