We should seek a system that provides outlets for those skills and talents so that everyone can find a way to work and serve in a manner that best suits the strengths of each individual.

I find it interesting that many of the people who want to restrict fossil fuels live in well-developed countries where abundant and affordable energy is readily available.

There is hardly an activity that a person can think about that does not intrinsically involve energy, most of which is currently provided by fossil fuels.

Ethical conduct is something that becomes inherent in an organization over a long period of time.

It is important to remember that all business has an impact on the lives of real people.

The market system requires that people be committed and willing to work hard. Inherent with that is what I call a merit system, which I think gives people the greatest opportunity.

The freedoms that people have that flow from all civic institutions fundamentally come from the success of a market system.

It makes no sense to talk of the social obligations of the corporation without reference to its economic obligations. The two are intertwined.

Without competition, the spectacular development of technology that we have seen in the last one hundred years in this country would not have happened.

In some of the countries where we operate, there is a tradition of corruption, in which the political elites work with business in the framework of unsavory relationships.

I have a great deal of difficulty with those who live in a hugely prosperous country telling people in the developing world that they should be deprived of a critical source of energy.

Don’t believe in the fate society chose for you. Instead, carve out a new fate for yourself.

I embrace mistakes, they make you who you are.

There is a reason why all things are as they are.

The ROI of social media is that your business will still exist in 5 years.

I'm going to spend a lot of time on Social Security. I enjoy it. I enjoy taking on the issue. I guess, it's the mother in me.

No matter what theory of the origin of government you adopt, if you follow it out to its legitimate conclusions it will bring you face to face with the moral law.

Bringing all 45 members of my crazy family together, and watching them argue is super awesome. It's good to do it just once a year.

If you can visualize it, if you can dream it, there's some way to do it.