The people who best use their advantages, or overcome adversity, and work honestly are those most worthy of admiration.

The crisis and recession have led to very low interest rates, it is true, but these events have also destroyed jobs, hamstrung economic growth and led to sharp declines in the values of many homes and businesses.

If your uniform isn't dirty, you haven't been in the game.

A gold standard doesn't imply stability in the prices of the goods and services that people buy every day, it implies a stability in the price of gold itself.

If you are not happy with yourself, even the loftiest achievements won't bring you much satisfaction.

I come from Main Street, from a small town that's really depressed.

I don't think that Chinese ownership of U.S. assets is so large as to put our country at risk economically.