True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.

You`ve got to just follow the money [in Washington]. You see it. There`s no countervailing power.

Inequality is bad for everyone, not just the middle class and the poor.

Look, any cut in greenhouse gases is going to be expensive for American consumers, who are in no mood to bear additional costs.

I don't think that our problem, our jobs problem, is fundamentally a problem of trade. I think it has much more to do with the fact that we have not sufficiently educated our population. We have not got out of this great recession with adequate stimulus and adequate fiscal and monetary policies over all.

You can't create a political movement out of pabulum.

The problem right now is jobs. The problem right now is the economy and economic growth.