Part of what being a great founder is, is being both able to hold the belief, to think about where it is you want to be doing and want to be going, but also be smart enough that you are essentially listening to criticism, negative feedback, competitive entries.

Benevolent, enlightened, wise dictators are the most efficient form of government. The problem is what comes afterwards.

There's a lot of people in the world that would love to trade places with American citizens, and we are very fortunate to be here.

Pay attention to your culture and your hires from the very beginning.

One of the things is when you think, "Wait, I'm fearful of retaliation, I'm fearful of oppression because of someone who is going into a public office, who might be vengeful for their own personal reasons, that's actually not a reason to hide - that's a reason to step up, right?"This is part of what we learned from the 1920s.

Everything in life has some risk, and what you have to actually learn to do is how to navigate it.

I think Hillary [Clinton] has [woken up to the plight of the middle class] and is working toward it in a democratic process.