We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes - and we must.

I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way, even though it might be temporarily unpopular, is the best approach.

In 1891, during the Presidency of William Henry Harrison [Benjamin Harrison], electric lights were first installed in the White House, the residence of the leaders of our country. At that time, commercial electricity was not economically feasible, but President Harrison wanted to affirm his confidence in the technological capability of our country.

A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.

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

I'm a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.

If you're totally illiterate and living on one dollar a day, the benefits of globalization never come to you.