Jimmy Carter: “Mankind is in your debt for your fine contributions and for the example you have provided of selfless concern for…”

All of us owe them our gratitude and respect.

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.

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.

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