If you wanna maintain 20 percent of the world's income with 4 percent of the world's people, you gotta first of all have more shared prosperity and shared growth.

The American people have now spoken, but it's going to take a little while to determine what they've said.

Being President is a little like being the grounds-keeper at a cemetery: there's plenty of people below you but no one's listening.

Torture must only be hypothetical exception, not US policy.

Frankly, I'm fed up with politicians in Washington lecturing the rest of us about family values. Our families have values. But our government doesn't.

I personally don't believe we ought to be raising taxes or cutting spending, either one, until we get this economy off the ground. I'll pay more, but it won't solve the problem.

What you earn depends on what you learn.