The Americas has been a relatively stable continent. The last truly new border we have is Panama in 1903.

When you brought the Industrial Revolution in, all of a sudden India and China went from being the dominant global powers to being powers dominated by those who understood how to apply this new technology.

We have to get serious about living within our means.

It is important that New York, in addition to its fashion, and finance, and tourism, and communications infrastructure, also begin developing venture infrastructure that's for real.

The difference between people who can read and write and those who can't is just absolutely astronomical.

The U.S. started with no stars. In fact, it started with a completely different flag. The last two were added in 1959, Hawaii and Alaska.

Three-quarters of the flags, borders and anthems sitting at the U.N. today were not there 60 some-odd years ago.