If Business Doesn't Thrive, It Hurts America.

A Democracy Is A Compromise By Its Nature. It's Not A Dictatorship.

If The Government Wants To Do Social Policy, It Should Not Be Done In A Quasi-public Company. If You Have A Mortgage Guarantee Company Which Is Done By The U.s. Government, It Should Be Guaranteed By The Originators, I.e., The Shareholder.

We See Very Broad-based, Moderate, Growth. Most Of The Sectors Are Quite Strong. I Don't See Any Major Potholes, And I Believe [the Economy] Is Strengthening.

If I Ran The Whole Place Like It Was My Way Or The Highway, We Would Not Be As Good A Company. I'm Going To Have Mistakes - They'll Be Made On My Watch And Will Embarrass Me. But I'll Also Make Sure The Company Learns From Them So It Can Become A Better Company.

There Is A Lot Of Focus On That First Rate Move, And I'm Not Sure How Important That Is.