I hope there will be some good news and some good profits, and people will realize we have a lot of outstanding executives, and a lot of companies that are doing a good job, and those are good companies to invest in.

I happen to be one who believes very strongly that state and local governments have their proper roles.

[The Internal Revenue Code is] about 10 times the size of the Bible and, unlike the Bible, contains no good news

But the federal government, our collective government, has responsibilities that none of these other levels of government can fulfill; and chief among these is national defense.

I ALWAYS intended to return to the private sector.

But if you look at WorldCom, which is the biggest failure to date, they grew dramatically, they were buying companies that were bigger than they were and they were doing it off inflated stock.

If people are going to be cooking the books, you're in trouble.