Habitat has opened up unprecedented opportunities for me to cross the chasm that separates those of us who are free, safe, financially secure, well fed and housed, and influential enough to shape our own destiny from our neighbors who enjoy few, if any, of these advantages of life.

In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our Nation. As my high school teacher, Miss Julia Coleman, used to say: 'We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.'

We all know grandparents whose values transcend passing fads and pressures, and who possess the wisdom of distilled pain and joy.

I advocate the modification of the '67 borders to let about half of the Israeli stay in Palestine.

At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes.

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.

I can get up at 8am and be rested... or I can get up at 5am and be President.