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.

The President publicly apologized today to all those offended by his brother's remark, There's more Arabs in this country than there is Jews! Those offended include Arabs, Jews, and English teachers.

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

Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.

I believe that we should do anything we can to minimize abortion and not to encourage it.

I don’t claim to be knowledgeable about theology. Most of my knowledge comes out of my experience and the lessons in the Bible. Every Sunday I’m home I teach 45 minutes and we boiled them down to one page for the new book, “Through the Year with Jimmy Carter.”

The oil lobby, perhaps the most powerful lobby on earth, is almost matched by hospital owners and doctors.