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.

Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.

Spirit is like the wind, in that we can't see it but can see its effects, which are profound.

I am no big shot. I am not anybody's boss. I want to be everybody's servant.

Our Income Tax System is a disgrace to the human race.

Rosalynn said, "Jimmy, if we could only get Prime Minister Begin and President Sadat up here on this mountain for a few days, I believe they might consider how they could prevent another war between their countries." That gave me the idea, and a few weeks later, I invited both men to join me for a series of private talks. In September 1978, they both came to Camp David.

Americans long thought that nature could take care of itself-or that if it did not, the consequences were someone else's problem. As we know now, that assumption was wrong; none of us is a stranger to environmental problems.