I respect the courts, but the Supreme Court is only that - the supreme of the courts. It is not the supreme being. It cannot overrule God. When it comes to prayer, when it comes to life, and when it comes to the sanctity of marriage, the court cannot change what God has created.

When someone points a gun at your head and loads it, by God, you ought to take them seriously.

Ordained Baptist minister; I make no apology for my faith.

The most powerful demonstration of leadership is not a clenched fist of brute force but an open hand of humble assistance.

Prayer reminds me it's not just about me. It's about all the people with whom I share this planet, and all of whom God has created, and all of whom he cares just as much about as he cares about me.

Opposing Bush's troop surge is a dangerous position.

I think that I would have made a fine president. But it really came down for me to a very personal, a very intimate and a spiritual decision. I don't rule anything out for the long-term future.