The poorest Americans use three time the energy as the percentage of their income as the average American does. This is going to disproportionately hurt the poor. It may make the whole electric grid unstable, depending on how it is enforced. And it does nothing for the climate.

To do meaningful work is to contribute - to create value in society.

Many businesses with unpopular products or inefficient production find it much easier to curry the favor of a few influential politicians or a government agency than to compete in the open market.

Success is one of the worst enemies of success, because success tends to breed complacency and lack of humility.

I agree with George Washington's concern about parties: They become an end in themselves, rather than being committed to helping people improve their lives.

Embrace change. Envision what could be, challenge the status quo, and drive creative destruction.

I get a lot of death threats. But the way I look at it, I feel I have a moral obligation to do the best I can to make the country better for everybody, and that threatens certain people because they're going to have much less power. I want the power to go back to people making decisions over their own lives rather than some experts making it.