Each one of us is an individual, just like talk show hosts are different from one another, and newspaper columnists are different from each other. So, former presidents are different from each other, too. Some have gone into relative seclusion. Some have decided to teach.

The major violence now is because of a plethora, explosion almost, of rebel groups, all of whom oppose the government, and they're fighting each other, strangely precipitated by the fact that the United Nations and African Union has now planned peace talks.

We are a purely idealistic Nation but let no one confuse our idealism with weakness.

I've been an evangelistic Baptist all my life and still am to some degree.

Testing oneself is best when done alone.

My wish is peace for Israel and for Israel's neighbors.

Even for the world's only superpower, the ends don't always justify the means.