Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was - by a taxpayer.

When business accepts help from the government, it can be like going to bed with a hippopotamus. It's nice and warm for the moment, but then your bedmate rolls over and crushes you.

In the execution of Presidential decisions work to be true to his views, in fact and tone.

With the press there is no "off the record.

I don't do quagmires.

There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that's just a fact.

From where you sit, the White House may look as untidy as the inside of a stomach. As is said of the legislative process, sausage-making and policy-making shouldn't be seen close-up. Don't let that panic you. Things may be going better than they look from the inside.