Don't hold against me that I don't own - that I don't own a single stock or bond. Don't hold it - I have no savings accounts.

I guess every single word I've ever said is going to be dissected now.

When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened.'

No matter how you cut it, this real debate on personal accounts is about the legitimacy of Social Security; it's not about the solvency of Social Security.

In the good old days when I was a senator, I was my own man.

Let me tell you what I literally told every world leader I've met with, and I've met them all: It's never, never, never been a good bet to bet against America. We have the finest fighting force in the world.