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.

The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.

It's clear that the true problems of our Nation are much deeper - deeper than gasoline lines of energy shortages, deeper even than inflation or recession. And I realize more than ever that as President I need your help. So, I decided to reach out and listen to the voices of America.

One of my greatest pleasures is being on the farmland that's been in the family since 1833.

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

We have no desire to be the world's policeman. But America does want to be the world's peacemaker.

You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.