Jimmy Carter: “I hereby request that Sunday, June 18, 1978, be observed as Father's Day.”

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.

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.

All of us must learn to waste less energy.