I think our basic principle that this is a free market system and that that has worked for us, that it creates innovation and risk taking, I think that's a principle that we've gotta hold to as well. But what I don't wanna do is get bottled up in a lot of ideology and is this conservative or liberal. My interest is finding something that works.

Why hang out with celebrities when I can hang out with the people who made me one?

The quicker you resolve the problems with banks and there's transparency in that process, the faster they recapitalize and are able to make investments.

The forces that divide us are not as strong as those that unite us.

America, our endless blessings bestow an enduring burden. But as Americans, we welcome our responsibility to lead.

We are a nation of laws.

I believe in returning the nation's wealth to its rightful owners.