There's no doubt that usually a president's public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me.

I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it's so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.

My life since the White House has been much more all-encompassing, much more enjoyable. The main thing that I've acquired has been access to the poorest and most destitute, forgotten, and suffering people on Earth. It's not possible for a President to actually know them.

Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.

The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend on it.

It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.

A Christian should know that God is a Creator, that God is an entity that is all-powerful and all knowledgeable, God is everywhere and God is an entity filled with grace, love, compassion and forgiveness, that Jesus is the son of God and Jesus came on earth to explain to people in a very revolutionary way the nature of God, that God was not a stern judge who was keeping track of 600 or so rules and regulations that you had to keep in order to be acceptable to God.