Jimmy Carter: “I am establishing an Executive Group to Combat Fraud and Waste in Government.”

That our country for the first time in my lifetime has abandoned basic principles of human rights.

Inside Israel, there's no semblance of apartheid. It's a wonderful democracy, with everyone treated the same.

The Israeli government has rejected all the key issues that are included in the road map for peace.

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.