Jimmy Carter: “I support Prime Minister Desai's concept of genuine nonalignment.”

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 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.

We share a belief that the church was to no way be confused with a political community, no bound to any political system.

All of us must learn to waste less energy.