To have a stable economy, to have a stable democracy, and to have a modern government is not enough. We have to build new pillars of development. Education, science and technology, innovation and entrepreneurship, and more equality.

To have a stable economy, to have a stable democracy, and to have a modern government is not enough. We have to build new pillars of development. Education, science and technology, innovation and entrepreneurship, and more equality.

You will never solve the American problems just by printing money.

Business is a useful tool in politics, but it's not enough. You need much more than to be a good businessman, to be a good politician.

Life is tough - and you have to be tougher than life to change the world.

I grew up middle class. My father was a public functionary who didn't leave an inheritance, just debts.

Economic and financial crisis are getting much more usual, and they are not confined to a given country but they immediately spread all over the world, and you have to be prepared for that.