A global economy is characterized not only by the free movement of goods and services but, more important, by the free movement of ideas and of capital.

Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention, and I wouldn't underestimate the value of that. But they're not designed to take care of social needs.

I rely a great deal on animal instincts.

It is credit that matters, not money (in other words, monetarism is a false ideology).

We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire.

Once a trend is established it tends to persist and to run it’s full course.

The world is looking to us for leadership. We have provided it in the past; the main reason why anti-American feelings are so strong in the world today is that we are not providing it in the present.