We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams. Read Summary
Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries. Read Summary
We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles. Read Summary
I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming. Read Summary
Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease. Read Summary
Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent. Read Summary
We've become, now, an oligarchy instead of a democracy. I think that's been the worst damage to the basic moral and ethical standards to the American political system that I've ever seen in my life. Read Summary
A fundamentalist can't bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality. Read Summary
The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity. Read Summary
When you single out any particular group of people for secondary citizenship status, that's a violation of basic human rights. Read Summary
The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation. Read Summary
We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant. Read Summary
It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors. Read Summary
Well, you know, I had been a peanut farmer. I had - you know who was the first president - Democratic president I ever met? Bill Clinton. Read Summary
I separated from the Southern Baptists when they adopted the discriminatory attitude towards women, because I believe what Paul taught in Galatians that there is no distinction in God's eyes between men and women, slaves and masters, Jews and non-Jews - everybody is created equally in the eyes of God. Read Summary
Billy Graham is one of my great lifetime heroes. I think he epitomizes the essence of what a Christian leader should be. I have participated in some of his crusades a couple of times in Atlanta. I've seen the profound impact he's had on me personally, and on other people who were not Christians and accepted Christ as Savior. Read Summary
Unfortunately, after Sept. 11, there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism, and the Bush administration was very shrewd and effective in painting anyone who disagreed with the policies as unpatriotic or even traitorous. Read Summary
There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat. Read Summary
I don't think that the total creation took place in six days as we now measure time. If we can confirm, say, the Big Bang theory, that doesn't at all cause me to question my faith that God created the Big Bang. Read Summary
You can't divorce religious belief and public service I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other. Read Summary