The only thing that could hurt me is if my success encouraged me to return to my childhood fantasies of omnipotence - but that is not likely to happen as long as I remain engaged in the financial markets, because they constantly remind me of my limitations.

We in the United States are very often - since we are a democracy and we have national interests, we've often made the mistake that a democracy has to adopt America's interests, and that is a contradiction because a democracy basically is people deciding what their interests are.

The pro-Israel lobby has been remarkably successful in suppressing criticism. Politicians challenge it at their peril because of the lobby's ability to influence political contributions.

To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.

Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics.

A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.

Of course, speculation will always make a crisis worse. If there is a weak point, it will expose it.