It's abominable, and it's a disgrace to a great democracy to see what's happened in our country. The main reason for that has been the enormous infusion of high quantities of money to campaigns - governors, Congress, president and the U.S. Senate.

You always get back much more than you give.

Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy.

I have come to realize that in every person there is something fine and pure and noble, along with a desire for self-fulfillment.

My position has always been, along with many other people, that any differences be resolved in a nonviolent way.

I'm an expert cook when it comes to preparing the quail, ducks, geese and wild turkeys that I hunt on the farm.

When I speak at my local church, which I try to do 35 to 40 times a year, I try in every lesson to take the Old Testament text or New Testament text and apply them to what is happening to me or how that applies to the audience that I'm teaching in a modern, fast-changing, technological world. I use headlines, interfaith and that sort of thing.