Under the Supreme Court ruling which no President can change, I would do everything I could to minimize the need for abortion as I did as Governor of Georgia.

The United States should put primary efforts on ensuring full employment.

I've learned from those experiences, I study the Bible—I read a chapter from the Bible every night without exception—and that gives me a constant inclination to study.

The national tax system is a disgrace.

I've never let my religious convictions orient my decisions on a political matter and never have tried to use the strength of my political office to force my religious convictions on somebody else.

I would favor the taxation of church property other than the church building itself.

I think that a basic cornerstone of our foreign policy should be preservation of the nation of Israel, its right to exist, and its right to exist in peace.

The United States should do as much as possible to avoid general revenue contributions to the Social Security fund.

I think that sort of personal attitude—environment—within which I live helps me to do a better job in dealing with the transient and quite often controversial decisions that have to be made in political life, or in business life, or in a…

Emergency food aid should not be used as a diplomatic tool.

A comprehensive national health insurance program is needed which guarantees to every person as much care as he or she needs.

It is hard to know exactly what that question means.

I would like to see more openness in government, an absence of secrecy, an accountability of public officials for their performance.

We will never use unemployment and recession as a tool to fight inflation.

I am proud to meet here with President George Meany and the other great leaders of the labor movement.

We can create jobs, maintain stable prices, meet our people's needs, and achieve a balanced budget.

To act anew we must to solve the problems of inflation and unemployment, too.

The work ethic is very simple. It means people at their jobs.