On the basis of both values and interests, the natural relationship between Islam and the United States is one of friendship.
In the final analysis, true justice is not a matter of courts and law books, but of a commitment in each of us to liberty and mutual respect.
I’ve never won an argument with my wife; and the only time I thought I had I found out the argument wasn’t over yet.
There was never any question about the morality of hunting, but neither was there any acceptance of killing for the sake of a trophy.
It’s clear that the true problems of our Nation are much deeper – deeper than gasoline lines of energy shortages, deeper even than inflation or recession. And I realize more than ever that as President I need your help. So, I decided to reach out and listen to the voices of America.
The President publicly apologized today to all those offended by his brother’s remark, There’s more Arabs in this country than there is Jews! Those offended include Arabs, Jews, and English teachers.
Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
The first step in providing economic equality for women is to ensure a stable economy in which every person who wants to work can work.
Some major churches overemphasize the importance of preaching as a means to increase membership and fail to reach out with compassion to their neighbors in need.
Standing alone among great democratic nations in imposing the death penalty is another moral decision that Americansare being forced to confront.
I have never been happier, more exhilarated, at peace, rested, inspired, and aware of the grandeur of the universe and the greatness of God than when I find myself in a natural setting not much changed from the way He made it.
I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the nice and pleasant things that come to me as president.
Quite often, the people who do leave their own nation and come to an unknown destination, like the United States, are inherently adventurous, so we’ve had that adventurous spirit that has embedded itself collectively in the American consciousness.
Unfortunately, every American citizen takes the same position that we don’t like negative advertisements. But they work! And, as you see, many a candidate has prevailed by tearing down the reputation of an opponent in a more advantageous position.
I believe that we are saved by the grace of God because he loves us provided that we have faith in Jesus Christ.
A lot of the things that we passed in the energy policy were embedded in law, and they resulted in tremendous reductions in waste of energy in all kinds of things.
The Bible and studying the Bible has been an important part of my life.
We’ve become increasingly addicted to consumption of goods that we don’t produce ourselves, and a lot of the manufacturing has gone overseas.
I’ve been an evangelistic Baptist all my life and still am to some degree.
In retrospect, I can see that President Brezhnev was quite proud of the limited agreement that he had concluded in Vladivostok; and to have a new American president come in and say, “That is not good enough – let’s do much more, and do it quite rapidly,” took him by surprise.