Jimmy Carter: “It would serve the Nation equally ill to underrate our strengths and our proven ability to handle difficult issues.”

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

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.

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.