The government ought to stay out of the prayer business.

We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.

The relationship between government and art must necessarily be a delicate one. It would not be appropriate for the government to try to define what is good or what is true or what is beautiful. But government can provide nourishment to the ground within which these ideas spring forth from the seeds of inspiration within the human mind.

My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all their fingers.

There were two unpleasant surprises [about Washington]. One was the inertia of Congress, the length of time it takes to get a complicated piece of legislation through ... and the other was the irresponsibility of the press.

The first step in providing economic equality for women is to ensure a stable economy in which every person who wants to work can work.

I officially designated every US ambassador on earth to be my personal human rights representative, and to have the embassy be a haven for people who suffered from abuse by their own government.