Central planning didn't work for Stalin or Mao, and it won't work for an entrepreneur either.

You've got to give people a fair chance of saying what they believe, and then you've got to decide, "Do you believe 'em?"

If Warren Buffett made his money from ordinary income rather than capital gains, his tax rate would be a lot higher than his secretary's. In fact a very small percentage of people in this country pay a big chunk of the taxes.

When you go to Washington now, you can feel a sense of fear in the air - the fear to do anything, or say anything, that might affect the polls, or give the other side an advantage, or offend a special interest.

I never lie, so if somebody asked me a question, I told them.

We cannot continue. Our pension costs and health care costs for our employees are going to bankrupt this city.

After hard work, the biggest determinant is being in the right place at the right time.