A democracy is a compromise by its nature. It's not a dictatorship.

I speak to lots of people around the world, and no one would tell you that 25 basis points will make a difference to them.

We're not fair weather friends. We've been in places for a long, long time.

More people are working, lending is up and savings are up. These are all positive signs for a strengthening economy.

I wanted to start by saying that the eurozone - there are two reasons they formed the European Union. One is for political peace and rationalization. And I think that's a good thing for a continent that went through hundreds of years of wars.

You cannot prove this in real time, but when economists 20 years from now write a book on the recovery, it may well be entitled, It could have been much better.

I think the Republicans have really thoughtful financial policies, and I'm more in the middle on taxation.