Iran is an island of stability in a turbulent corner of the world

To work for better understanding among people, one does not have to be a former president sitting at a fancy conference room table. Peace can be made in the neighborhoods, the living rooms, the playing fields, and the classrooms of our country.

People make a big fuss over you when you're President. But I'm very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn't go to my head.

Earlier in my life I thought the things that mattered were the things that you could see, like your car, your house, your wealth, your property, your office. But as I've grown older I've become convinced that the things that matter most are the things that you can't see -- the love you share with others, your inner purpose, your comfort with who you are.

I believe that we should do anything we can to minimize abortion and not to encourage it.

We cannot speak of human rights in other countries unless we are going to do our utmost to protect the rights of our own people here at home.

Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself