The availability of private insurance provides tremendous insulation for millions of individuals.

It should not be a source of low-cost financing for countries with ready access to private capital, or long-term welfare for countries that cannot break the habit of bad policies,

Private insurance companies in America are reaping huge profits.

We are inheriting the worst financial system since the Depression. We're inheriting a situation - when people go back and study major banking crises a quarter century from now, the one that America developed in 2007 and 2008 is going to be one of those crises.

I promise you that there are a lot of people involved in various kinds of retail activities who think they have a crucial role in the economy, and they're right.

It certainly was difficult to sell NAFTA because it's always difficult to sell open markets.