"Ive looked on a lot of women with lust. Ive committed adultery in my heart many times. "

[BeyondGeography]

29. It's a great read; the much-ballyhooed lust-in-heart

answer included. A reminder of what a good and substantial man he was/is:

Christ says, Don’t consider yourself better than someone else because one guy screws a whole bunch of women while the other guy is loyal to his wife. The guy who’s loyal to his wife ought not to be condescending or proud because of the relative degree of sinfulness. One thing that Paul Tillich said was that religion is a search for the truth about man’s existence and his relationship with God and his fellow man; and that once you stop searching and think you’ve got it made–at that point, you lose your religion. Constant reassessment, searching in one’s heart–it gives me a feeling of confidence.

I don’t inject these beliefs in my answers to your secular questions.

(Carter clenched his fist and gestured sharply.)

But I don’t think I would ever take on the same frame of mind that Nixon or Johnson did–lying, cheating and distorting the truth. Not taking into consideration my hope for my strength of character, I think that my religious beliefs alone would prevent that from happening to me. I have that confidence. I hope it’s justified.