You can not 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.

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.

The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.

With increasing maturity, I have learned to understand the fallibilities of ourselves and others, to forgive. Forgiveness is a basic foundation of my faith. It…

'I try to live by proper ethical and moral standards and carry out my national duties in accordance with the principles of the God I believe in.'

My creed is that public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation with f…

In 1840 I was called from my farm to undertake the administration of public affairs and I foresaw that I was called to a bed of thorns.