I really have a great deal of humility in that department and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations.

I think the amazing thing about gospel music is that not only does it lift up the death and resurrection of our Lord which is consistent with the Gospel but it is uniquely communicated depending upon the generation.

I have amazing friends who have led inspirational lives.

Half a century ago the amazing courage of Rosa Parks the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens.

Here is the amazing thing about Easter the Resurrection Sunday for Christians is this that Christ in the dying moments on the cross gives us the greatest illustration of forgiveness possible.

The amazing fact is that America is founded on a document. It's a work in progress. It can be tested by each generation.

Israel is no longer a people that dwells alone and has to join the global journey toward peace reconciliation and international cooperation.

The problems that the world faces - from nuclear proliferation to climate change - can't be tackled by the West alone. They need a coalition of not just West and East but they need a coalition of Christian and Jew and Muslim.

Perhaps our own opposition to even the level of European integration we have now let alone any more is well known.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action of one alone.