Jimmy Carter: “Despite campaign disagreements and my own harsh words spoken under pressure and in haste, it was not his nature to…”

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 watched him on television. I thought what he said was absolutely ridiculous. There's no rational or logic to what he had to say.

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.

Carter says the animosity directed at the president over health care, the big bailouts, is being driven because Mr. Obama is a black man.