Of all the many ways of organising banking, the worst is the one we have today.

Global market forces will sort out those companies that do not have sound corporate governance.

When banks extend loans to their customers, they create money by crediting their customers’ accounts.

The underlying intellectual argument for seeking to tax economic rents retains its force.

Everything we have, everything we are, is a gift. How can we judge and shame ourselves if this is true?

When we do the hard stuff for the first 20 years we will have an easier life for the 60, but if we take it easy for the first 20 then we will live a life of struggle later on.

Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.

How can I be of the greatest service doing that which I most enjoy doing?

Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair.

Whether the angels play only Bach praising God, I am not quite sure.

The art of illusion is grace itself.

I made the wrong mistakes

This country was a lot better off when the Indians were running it.

The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it.