"I can't really criticize the Tea Party people, because I came into the White House pretty much on th..." — Jimmy Carter

I've been writing poems since I was in the Navy - to Rosalynn. I found I could say things in poems that I never could in prose. Deeper, more personal things. I could write a poem about my mother that I could never tell my mother. Or feelings about being on a submarine that I would have been too embarrassed to share with fellow submariners.

When I was president, I announced and I still maintain that I can live with Roe v. Wade. I did everything I possibly could as president under that ruling, which I don't think ought to be changed, to minimize the need for abortions. I think every abortion is a result of a horrible series of errors on the part of people involved.

If I go to Italy, I will certainly request to meet with Pope Francis, whom I admire very much.

My position has always been, along with many other people, that any differences be resolved in a nonviolent way.