Those who start war often know that because of their high political position their own lives will not be in danger. on the Diane Rehm Show.
There needs to be a similar degree of flexibility and generosity in the recognition of the humaneness and worth of people who we generally consider as adversaries.
But I am not discouraged. I do not despair for our country. I believe tonight, as I always have, that the essential decency, compassion and common sense of the American people will prevail.
Americans long thought that nature could take care of itself-or that if it did not, the consequences were someone else’s problem. As we know now, that assumption was wrong; none of us is a stranger to environmental problems.
If any agreement between two nations is to last, it must serve the best interests of both nations.
Ours is the most wasteful nation on Earth. We waste more energy than we import. With about the same standard of living, we use twice as much energy per person as do other countries like Germany, Japan, and Sweden.
My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all their fingers.
You have given me a great responsibility: to stay close to you, to be worthy of you and to exemplify what you are.
The drug culture has shaped at least one major change since the Sixties; It became the basis for overloading our prisons.
In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close knit communities, and our faith in God, too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption .
There was promulgation of false propaganda by the administration about the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. There was promulgation of false propaganda about Iraq as a base for Al Qaeda.
Let us learn together and laugh together and work together and pray together, confident that in the end we will triumph together in the right.
Thoughtful criticism and close scrutiny of all government officials by the press and the public are an important part of our democratic society.
This intolerable dependence on foreign oil threatens our economic independence and the very security of our nation. The energy crisis is real. It is worldwide. It is a clear and present danger to our nation. These are facts and we simply must face them.
Iran is an island of stability in a turbulent corner of the world.
People make a big fuss over you when you’re President. But I’m very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn’t go to my head.
We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
The love of liberty is a common blood that flows in our American veins.
The oil lobby, perhaps the most powerful lobby on earth, is almost matched by hospital owners and doctors.
To work for better understanding among people, one does not have to be a former president sitting at a fancy conference room table. Peace can be made in the neighborhoods, the living rooms, the playing fields, and the classrooms of our country.