“America is a Nation with a mission – and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace – a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman.”
“I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.”
“I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn’t think I could read, much less write.”
“I have zero desire, just so you know, to be in the limelight. I don’t think it’s good for the country to have a former president criticize his successor. You’re not going to see me giving my opinions in the public arena, until I start selling my book. I’m going to emerge then submerge.”
“I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.”
“Some have argued that confronting the threat from Iraq could detract from the war against terror. To the contrary, confronting the threat posed by Iraq is crucial to winning the war on terror.”
“States should have the right to enact laws… particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.”
“The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch.”
“The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.”
“I have no enthusiasm for nature which the slightest chill will not instantly destroy.”