Most of the major mistakes I made in my life, I made when I was too tired to know what I was doing - both personally and professionally.

If you voluntarily quit in the face of adversity, you'll wonder about it for the rest of your life.

When I was in office I expressed admiration and respect and even affection for Republicans that I knew and liked and cared about, and I tried to find ways to work with them. I think the Democrats should do that, and just keep trying to lower the temperature.

In the emerging global economy, everything is mobile: capital, factories, even entire industries. The only resource that's really rooted in a nation--and the ultimate source of all its wealth--is its people.

Everybody counts, everybody deserves a chance, everybody has a responsible role to play and we all do better when we work together.

There are a lot of very brilliant people who believe that the nation-state is fast becoming a relic of the past.

I do not believe we can repair the basic fabric of society until people who are willing to work have work. Work organizes life. It gives structure and discipline to life.