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

In order for us human beings to commit ourselves personally to the inhumanity of war, we find it necessary first to dehumanize our opponents, which is in itself a violation of the beliefs of all religions. Once we characterize our adversaries as beyond the scope of God's mercy and grace, their lives lose all value.

In general the 53 countries on the continent of Africa have made great progress towards freedom and democracy, and in terms of electing good, sound administrations.

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

Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.

I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.

One of the greatest concerns that I had when I became President was the vast array of nuclear weapons in the arsenals of the United States and the Soviet Union and a few other countries, and also the great proliferation of conventional weapons, non-nuclear weapons, particularly as a tremendous burden on the economies of developing or very poor countries.