The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.

No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle.

‚God‘ is a relative word and has a respect to servants, and ‚Deity‘ is the dominion of God, not over his own body, as those imagine who fancy God to be the soul of the world, but over servants.

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.

Unlike Europe, China can’t be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way. But China, they’ve been there for 3,000 years and are paying no attention to the barbarians and don’t see any need to.

Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can.

In known history, nobody has had such capacity for altering the universe than the people of the United States of America. And nobody has gone about it in such an aggressive way.

The ways of the Lord are different from the ways of man. Man’s ways remove people from office or business when they grow old or become disabled. But man’s ways are not and never will be the Lord’s ways.

You know, God has some really weird kids, and I find it hard to be in their company most of the time.

The fact is, with every friendship you make, and every bond of trust you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world. That is so important. So when you study abroad, you’re actually helping to make America stronger.

You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.

Right after 9-11, as far as I know, one newspaper in the United States had the integrity to investigate opinion in the Muslim world: the ‚Wall Street Journal.‘

The incomparable greatness of the religions of the East lies in their having been second to none in vibrating with the passion for unity. This note, which is essential to every form of mysticism, has even penetrated them so deeply that we find ourselves falling under a spell simply by uttering the names of their Gods.

A president has an inescapable responsibility to provide direction: What are we trying to achieve? What are we trying to prevent? Why? To do that, he has to both analyze and reflect.

And I think it’s that time. And I think if you just step aside and Mr. Romney can kind of take over. You can maybe still use a plane. Though maybe a smaller one. Not that big gas guzzler you are going around to colleges and talking about student loans and stuff like that.

The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

People seem to know about May Day everywhere except where it began, here in the United States of America. That’s because those in power have done everything they can to erase its real meaning.

Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want.

Faith minus vulnerability and mystery equals extremism. If you’ve got all the answers, then don’t call what you do ‚faith.‘

I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people’s trust in their government.

Let not a libation of tears be the only offering at the shrine of Jesus; let us also rejoice with joy unspeakable. If we have need to lament our sin, how much more to rejoice at our pardon!

If I hadn’t been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a bawdy house.

As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.

God is everywhere.

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.

For Christians, who believe they are created in the image of God, it is the Godhead, diversity in unity and the three-in-oneness of God, which we and all creation reflect.

A number of analysts have observed that although bin Laden was finally killed, he won some major successes in his war against the U.S.

All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.

A president can ask for reconciliation in the racial conflict that divides Americans. But reconciliation comes only from the hearts of people.

Anybody who tells you that a two-day conference, you’re going to turn into the General Patton of leadership, they’re not telling you the truth. But you can learn the fundamentals; you can absolutely understand the fundamentals.

I long for the time when all human history is taught as one history, because it really is.

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

Is the Iranian record of intervention and terror worse than that of the U.S.?

Through the ages, many of His children have had access to the blessings of the gospel, but many more have not.

The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.

In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our Nation. As my high school teacher, Miss Julia Coleman, used to say: ‚We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.‘

I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.

I believe that Jesus realized his oneness with God and he showed, what he attempted to do was show the way to all of us, how to realize our own onenes with God also, so he’s a precursor.

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery.

You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.

It’s always interesting about God because it’s like all of the religions in the world say that they pray to the same God, and yet they ask that same one God to divide itself up and agree with this one and fight against that one.

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.

America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn’t standing still.

God’s dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion.

I’m trying to throw a big broad net to try to get people interested in God and believe that He’s for them and has a purpose.

You don’t have to be like everybody else or do things like everybody else. God created you to be a unique individual, and He wants you to be free to be who He made you to be.

A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.

God wants to bless us where we are.

I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details.

Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.

I understand everybody in this country doesn’t agree with the decisions I’ve made. And I made some tough decisions. But people know where I stand.

We are a nation of communities… a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don’t like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and have gay friends in the Red States.

I’ve been saying for a couple of years now that people need to let God out of the Sunday morning box, that He doesn’t want to just be with you for an hour or two on Sunday morning and then put back in His box to sit there until you have an emergency, but He wants to invade your Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

He chose to honor us with His priesthood. So we honor Him by honoring His priesthood – both its power and those who bear it.