There was never any question about the morality of hunting, but neither was there any acceptance of killing for the sake of a trophy.

When I ran, I didn't have any money. Now, it requires raising hundreds of millions of dollars just to get the nomination, and I don't care to be involved in that process.

I am not here as a public official, but as a citizen of a troubled world who finds hope in a growing consensus that the generally accepted goals of society are peace, freedom, human rights, environmental quality, the alleviation of suffering, and the rule of law.

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.

The blood of Abraham, God's father of the chosen, still flows in the veins of Arab, Jew, and Christian, and too much of it has been spilled in grasping for the inheritance of the revered patriarch in the Middle East. The spilled blood in the Holy Land still cries out to God--an anguished cry for peace.

I believe in the separation of church and state and would not use my authority to violate this principle in any way.

Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.