Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts.

I think it's absolutely clear that the fiscal path we are on is not sustainable, and for me, the best analogy is these deficits are like a cancer, and over time they will destroy the country from within.

You always have certain strengths and certain weaknesses, and you want to compensate for your weaknesses... I have a real duty to earn the trust of the faculty. I don't just deserve it. I have to earn it.

I think that if we don't get these politicians to come together we face the most predictable economic crisis in history.

I believe in working in a bipartisan manner.

Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts.

I believe in cooperating for the common good.