“Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility.”

“Every nation has to either be with us, or against us. Those who harbor terrorists, or who finance them, are going to pay a price.”

“My real adversary has no name, no face, no party. It will never be elected, yet it governs - the adversary is the world of finance.”

“I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.”

“The war we are fighting today against terrorism is a multifaceted fight. We have to use every tool in our toolkit to wage this war - diplomacy, finance, intelligence, law enforcement, and of course, military power - and we are developing new tools as we go along.”

“Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.”

“My expertise was in public finance, particularly corporate taxation, since I had worked at the US Treasury.”

“Our incomes are like our shoes if too small, they gall and pinch us but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.”

“To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something because they are owned by the special interest groups that finance their elections.”