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 favourite president, and the one I admired most, was Harry Truman.

As President, I was able to save with the stroke of the pen a hundred million acres of wilderness area in Alaska. This is the kind of thing that is is gratifying to a President, but to be on a solitary stream with good friends, with a fly rod in your hand, and to have a successfull or even an unsuccessful day-they're all successful-is an even greater delight.

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 think the most challenging thing for me in my life and in the Bible is that we worship Jesus as the Prince of Peace. And America is constantly at war.

We simply must have faith in each other, faith in our ability to govern ourselves, and faith in the future of this Nation. Restoring that faith and that confidence to America is now the most important task we face.

Nobody knows when you make an effort or when you plant a seed if it will bear fruit or not.