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.

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.

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

I think I was identified as a failed president because I wasn't re-elected.

We don't have any problem finding enough things to do; the problem we have is making sure we don't overload ourselves inadvertently.

I'm feeling better than anybody expected me to so I'm still maintaining a pretty normal schedule, I'd say.

I have never been happier, more exhilarated, at peace, rested, inspired, and aware of the grandeur of the universe and the greatness of God than when I find myself in a natural setting not much changed from the way He made it.