It's going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue.

I think everybody knows that Africa is in a very deep crisis. There is economic misery and social deprivation and that Africa needs help but the question then is how. And also we have to make sure that we don't repeat old mistakes; this help is only short term. It doesn't address Africa's long-term fundamental needs and how to put Africa on the right track to development. What Africa needs to do is to grow, to grow out of debt.

Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job rate in the United States.

I never dreamed about being President, I wanted to be Willie Mays.

My post-presidency is evolving.

America is the largest investor in the technologies necessary to be able to say to people, 'You can grow your economy so people's standard of living can improve, and at the same time be good stewards of the environment'.

Americans do not turn away from duties because they are hard.