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.

It's up to [Angela Merkel] whether she wants to stand again and then ultimately, it'll be up to the German people to decide what the future holds. If I were here and I were German and I had a vote, I might support her.

Politics, differences of religion or race, all that fades away when we are confronted with the awesome power of nature, and we're reminded that all we have is each other.

I wouldn't be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry me 20 years ago

Now, anybody who thinks that we can move this economy forward with just a few folks at the top doing well, hoping that it's going to trickle down to working people who are running faster and faster just to keep up, you'll never see it.

Not much happens in Russian Federation without Vladimir Putin.

The first thing I'd do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act.