What you've got to do is be honest. Say what you believe. Give it to them straight. Just don't wuss out.

In New York City, a lot of people think "the great outdoors" is the area between your front door and a taxi cab.

Don't think that I'm - I'd- I'm infallible. Will always make mistakes.

The Russian economy is way down because of the price of oil, and because the USSR was a big chunk of it.

You have to take away some of tax breaks for the wealthy, and you have to cut back on some entitlements. Because, unless we do all of these things, it just doesn't work. And what's good theater and what's good politics isn't necessarily good economic policy.

We will go forward... we will never go back.

Well, you have the public not wanting any new spending, you have the Republicans not wanting any new taxes, you have the Democrats not wanting any new spending cuts, you have the markets not wanting any new borrowing, and you have the economists wanting all of the above. And that leads to paralysis.