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The challenge is that they become further and further removed from the people who elected them – seeing the country through the prism of advisors, reporters, and colleagues.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
I worshipped as I would if I had not have been in public life at all.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
I would particularly want you this morning not to think about the time of Ahab, not to think about even the Soviet Union – but to think about the United States, the Washington, DC, community, and preferably, my life and your life and our actions in the eyes of God.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
I was meeting with two leaders who are deeply devout and religious men who spent a great portion of their time at Camp David in prayer.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
I never prayed for popularity. I never prayed to be reelected, things of that kind, i think God always answers our prayers.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
That was one of the things that I believe gave us kind of a clear, unshakable purpose, because we all believe that God wanted us to work toward peace, it was one of the few things on which we agreed, at first.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
I would like to see Guinea worm completely eradicated before I die, i’d like for the last Guinea worm to die before I do.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
Russia's unprovoked attack on Ukraine using military and cyber weapons violates international law and the fundamental human rights of the Ukrainian people, i condemn this unjust assault on the sovereignty of Ukraine that threatens security in Europe and the entire world, and I call on President Putin to halt all military action and restore peace.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
It is a crisis of confidence. It is a crisis that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I assumed, naturally, that I was going to die very quickly, i obviously prayed about it. I didn't ask God to let me live, but I asked God to give me a proper attitude toward death. And I found that I was absolutely and completely at ease with death.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
That's the way to make the United States a superpower, we can help the United States become more peaceful.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Wouldn't it be nice if the United States of America could be a superpower in maintaining peace ? ... Suppose the United States was a super power in environmental policy. Suppose the United States was a superpower in treating people equally. See, that's the kind of superpower I'd like to have.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Secret Service agents've cut back in the last few months. I'm 92, he's 95, and Secret Service agents thought it was time to stop working steadily all day every day.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I fell down and hit my forehead on a sharp edge and had to go to the hospital. And they took 14 stitches in my forehead and my eye is black, as Deanna Congileo've noticed. But I had a number one priority and that was to come to Nashville and build houses.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I hope there is an age limit, you know, if I were just 80 years old, if I was 15 years younger, I dont believe I could undertake the duties that I experienced when I was president. For one thing, you have to be very flexible with your mind. You have to be able to go from one sector to another and concentrate on each one adequately.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
If I were just 80 years old, if I was 15 years younger, I don't believe I could undertake the duties I experienced when I was President.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I thought, whether or not he attempted to rape [ Christine Blasey Ford ], whether or not, I thought he was temperamentally unfit to serve on Supreme Court because of his outburst during the hearing.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
America is inherently committed to human rights, and I think in the future we will let that prevail.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I don’t think any Democrat is going to vote against a Democratic nominee.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Let them be part of the community of nations, i think that would be enough in itself to bring an end to the nuclear program in North Korea.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
There are attributes of a superpower that go beyond military strength, our nation should be known as a champion of peace. Our nation should be known as a champion of equality. Our nation should be known as a champion of human rights. We should also be admired for our generosity to other people in need and other moral values.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
We citizens have tended to lose faith in ourselves and in each other.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
So far, we Americans down through history have had a hard time adjusting to this concept of equality... even now, some of us are still struggling to accept the fact that all people are equal in the eyes of God.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Rosalynn and I are deeply saddened to learn of the death of The Reverend Billy Graham.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Rosalynn and I are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Billy Graham.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Billy Graham's ministry for the gospel of Jesus Christ and Billy Graham matchless voice changed the lives of millions, Vice President Pence said. We mourn Billy Graham passing but I know with absolute certainty that today Billy Graham heard those words,' well done good and faithful servant.' Thank you Billy Graham.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Now it's just an oligarchy with unlimited political bribery.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
I had a discussion with my daughter, Amy, the other day, before I came here, to ask her what the most important issue was, she said she thought nuclear weaponry – and the control of nuclear arms.
Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Rosalynn and I are saddened by the passing of former First Lady Nancy Reagan. She will always be admired for her strength of conviction and her lifelong devotion to her husband, her 'just say no' campaign prevented many young people from falling prey to the allure of drug use; and her advocacy for stem cell research raised public awareness and influenced decision makers about vital research for Alzheimer's disease. We extend our condolences to her family at this difficult time.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
My most recent MRI brain scan did not reveal any signs of the original cancer spots nor any new ones. I will continue to receive regular three-week immunotherapy treatments of pembrolizumab.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
While I am disappointed that we are unable to build in Nepal due to such uncertain circumstances, Rosalynn and I understand and support Habitat's decision, we will keep the people of Nepal in our prayers and ask everyone to do the same.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
There’s not an easy answer to it, we now have more refugees from war zones on Earth than we’ve ever had in history, even after the Second World War.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The doctors have been nice enough to cut me back to 64 ounces a day. Instead of getting productive work done, I spent a lot of time in the restroom.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Instead of getting productive work done, I spend a lot of time in the rest room.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
The best thing is to deal with Syria, there's not an easy answer. We now have more refugees from war zones than we have ever had.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I'm getting treated for it very well, there's a new medicine that's been developed for my disease. It's called pembrolizumab. It took me three weeks to learn how to say it.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
And we have hundreds of visitors who come to see the curiosity of a politician teaching the Bible.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I plan to teach Sunday school this Sunday and every Sunday, as long as I'm -- you know -- physically and mentally able, in my little church, and we have hundreds of visitors who come to see the curiosity of a politician teaching the Bible.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
My life since the White House has been personally more gratifying, although the presidency was obviously the pinnacle of political success, if I had to choose between four more years and the Carter Center, I think I would choose the Carter Center.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
We deal with individual people in the smallest and most obscure and suffering villages in the desert and in the jungles of Africa, and we've had programs in 80 different countries on the Earth for the poorest and most destitute people in the world, and that has been, I'd say, far more gratifying personally because we actually interact with families and with people.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
But still, there is a very great reluctance among some Protestants, like Southern Baptists, among others, (to) treat women equally in the eyes of God, and that sends a signal that it is OK to discriminate against girls and women.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
This is going to be the highest priority for the rest of my life.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
That's your children and your children's children, and action needs to be taken.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Anybody that has a daughter or granddaughter knows how precious that person can be, ... And anybody who is interested in the future of (their) country or city that if they deprive half of their own citizens of an equal right to an education or an honest job, then their whole community is going to suffer.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
They say that it's the right thing to do, but when it comes down to (doing things like) voting in the Congress or taking action in their place of employment, they say, 'Well, let's cheat women a bit longer. We can get away with it.'.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The United States is the leading country on Earth, and we haven't done nearly enough.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
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