Jimmy Carter: “I directed the Attorney General to seek this afternoon a court injunction which will order the miners to return to work.”

Without immediate action, we are at genuine risk of civil conflict and losing our precious democracy.

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.

Hospitals are just like prisons. They're easy to get in, but hard to get out. You need to help me get out of here so that I can go and serve the people in Tennessee.

I fear for our democracy.