Jimmy Carter: “I ask all of you, therefore, to provide personal leadership during the year ahead in making full and effective use of…”

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.

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

All of us owe them our gratitude and respect.

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.