If we didn't have the rest of the world growing, the United States economy would be in much worse shape than it is today.

During the Cold War, we were interested because we were scared that Russia and the United States were going to go to war. We were scared that Russia was going to take over the world. Every country became a battleground.

The United States is going to be a rich country, it is going to be prosperous, but it is not going to be able to take the lead in the next phase of global economic development.

A United States collapse would be much different than a Greece collapse. Greece can collapse, and there's a ripple. We collapse, and the world feels it.

It devolves upon the United States to help to motorize the world.

The United States can't be sheriff of the whole world.