If I were president, I'd be very glad to see the Palestinians have a nation recognized by the United Nations. There's no downside to it.

George Bush asked me if there was anything he could do for me, and I said, "Yes, you can help promote peace in Sudan after eight years of different policy." And he said, "I'll do it." So to make a long story short, he did it, not necessarily because I requested it, but they were very successful.

We all know grandparents whose values transcend passing fads and pressures, and who possess the wisdom of distilled pain and joy.

The stronger the ties that bind us to God, the more likely we are to live, react, and behave in harmony with...greater joy, peace, and happiness.

I believe men and women are the same and that women should be given an equal chance to serve God with men.

But love must be aggressively translated into simple justice.

I want to stress again that human rights are not peripheral to the foreign policy of the United States. Our pursuit of human rights is part of a broad effort to use our great power and our tremendous influence in the service of creating a better world, a world in which human beings can live in peace, in freedom, and with their basic needs adequately met.