God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easily.
And I think the almost undeviating support by Great Britain for the ill-advised policies of President Bush in Iraq have been a major tragedy for the world.
We only have to recall the color of the faces of those who were most devastated by Katrina, to know that there are not yet equal opportunities for all Americans.
I would describe fundamentalism as, first of all, a movement led almost invariably by authoritarian males who consider themselves to be superior to others and who have an overwhelming commitment to subjugate women and to dominate their fellow believers.
We are a purely idealistic Nation but let no one confuse our idealism with weakness.
Although military, economic and political strength certainly favors the more powerful side, the matter of simple justice is a counterbalancing factor.
Elvis was a symbol of the country’s vitality, rebelliousness, and good humor.
Because we are free, we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere.
The government ought to stay out of the prayer business.
After all these years, I still feel like a boy when I’m on a stream.
One of the turning points of my life was when I got my first bait-casting outfit.
I began to expand my personal service in the church, and to search more diligently for a closer relationship with God among my different business, professional and political interests.
I see a lot of parallels between my candidacy and the Tea Party. I would not have been elected had there not been a tremendous amount of dissatisfaction and discouragement and disgust with what was going on in Washington.
For me personally and for most other Americans, this commitment to peace and diplomacy does not imply a blind or total pacifism. There are times when war is justified, and for many centuries the moral criteria for violence have been carefully delineated.
There is a strong religious commitment to the sanctity of human life, but, paradoxically, some of the most fervent protectors of microscopic stem cells are the most ardent proponents of the death penalty.
The government and the church are two different realms of service, and those in political office have to face a subtle but important difference between the implementation of the high ideals of religious faith and public duty.
Last night when I was commenting on the FBI and the CIA, the sound went off for 27 minutes. I should have known better.
The reduction of nuclear arsenals and the removal of the threat of worldwide nuclear destruction is a measure, in my judgment, ofthe power and strength of a great nation.
I have come to realize that in every person there is something fine and pure and noble, along with a desire for self-fulfillment.
They were more than hostile. In the first place, I was a south Georgian and I was looked upon as a fiscal conservative, and the Atlanta newspapers quite erroneously, because they didn’t know anything about me or my background here in Plains, decided that I was also a racial conservative.