When I was elected President nobody asked me to negotiate between Israel and Egypt. It was not even a question raised in my campaign. But I felt that one of the reasons that I was elected President was to try to bring peace to the Holy Land.

A nation's domestic and foreign policies and actions should be derived from the same standards of ethics, honesty and morality which are characteristic of the individual citizens of the nation.

I believe in the separation of church and state and would not use my authority to violate this principle in any way.

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

Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.

Building confidence and constructive relations between Sudan and South Sudan is urgent

Southerners, whose ancestors a hundred years ago knew the horrors of a homeland devastated by war, are particularly determined that war shall never come to us again. All Americans understand the basic lessons of history: that we need to be resolute and able to protect ourselves, to prevent threats and domination by others.