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.

The essence of a university is free and open inquiry, and when it loses that it is no longer a university.

I want my legacy to be greater freedom, greater prosperity and a better way of life for my family, our employees and all Americans. And I wish the same for every nation on earth.

No centralized government, no matter how big, how smart or how powerful, can effectively and efficiently control much of society in a beneficial way. On the contrary, big governments are inherently inefficient and harmful.

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.

Our system here of creating value for others and having people do the right thing, exchange information, and so on only works if people have the right values.

In America, we are just moving the chairs around and spending huge amounts of money rather than having them go in making people's lives better.