An open, competitive, and liberalized financial market can effectively allocate scarce resources in a manner that promotes stability and prosperity far better than governmental intervention.

It's a safe banking system, a sound banking system. Our regulators are on top of it. This is a very manageable situation.

There's always light at the end of the tunnel, right? It just depends on how long the tunnel is.

I understand how important the automakers are to America. And I understand a bankruptcy; a failure in that industry wouldn't be a good thing. It's something we should avoid.

I never once considered that it was appropriate to put taxpayer money on the line in resolving Lehman Brothers.

The most pressing and significant problems in the global economy are unsustainable structural issues with regard to the E.U. - fiscal deficits and the structure of the E.U. itself.

I didn't get the charm gene.