Jimmy Carter: “We have now reached an agreement with Iran which will result, I believe, in the freedom of our American hostages.”

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

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.

I don't think the administration has ever picked up the ball, much less dropped it.

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.