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I grew up in Mumbai.
Culture follows power.
Alaska itself is an unusual state.
The world is changing very profoundly.
I think that liberals need to grow up.
I'm largely in favor of financial reform.
Legitimacy is the elixir of political power.
American influence is not what it used to be.
The tallest building in the world is now in Dubai.
In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.
Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
The situation in Syria is quite different from Libya.
I don't want to paint a picture of total gloom and doom.
I grew up in this world where everything seemed possible.
Things happening around the world are affecting you and me.
The American dream seems to be thriving in Europe not at home.
The Chinese economy's still not that much of a consumer economy.
I'd be kidding if I said that I predicted the financial collapse.
...foreign policy is a matter of costs and benefits, not theology.
I enjoy writing but I much prefer the experience of having written.
I should not be judged by a standard that's not applied to everyone else.
Whenever someone says the word community, I want to reach for an oxygen mask.
The people who watch Fox are not going to watch CNN. You know, lets be honest.
The people who watch Fox are not going to watch CNN. You know, let's be honest.
There is a huge crisis of employment in America, in the Western world in general.
The technological revolution at home makes it much easier for computers to do our work.
If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him.
Intelligence is called the world's second oldest profession for a reason. Everyone does it.
It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.
Strip away the usual hot air, and bin Laden's audiotape is the sign of a seriously weakened man.
Thanks to the Communist Party of China, we now know the path to poverty alleviation is Capitalism.
It hasn't been easy to find American citizens who are willing to pick fruit in 110 degree weather.
It is absolutely clear that government plays a key role, as a catalyst, in promoting long-run growth.
It's really difficult to have your voice heard and feared when you both speak softly and carry a twig.
Whenever societies do well, they believe that there is something in their cultural DNA that made it happen.
When you're failing, there's a very powerful incentive to put ideology aside and just do what seems to work.
If envy were the cause of terrorism, Beverly Hills [and] Fifth Avenue ... would have become targets long ago.
No successful political transition can take place without leaders and movements that demand and press for freedom.
Conservatives used to believe in confronting hard truths, not succumbing to comforting fairy tales. Some still do.
There is very strong historical data that suggest the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments.
There is very strong historical data that suggests the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments.
The problem is that Islam does not have a pope, so there's no one guy to say, 'This isn't kosher'...Not that he would.
You know, when the cost of capital goes down, when credit becomes cheap, people start taking greater and greater risks.
In the 1990s, we were certain that Saddam Hussein had a nuclear arsenal. In fact, his factories could barely make soap.
A nation's path to greatness lies in its economic prowess and ... militarism, empire, and aggression lead to a dead end.
One of the great dilemmas for America will be that American companies will do very well while American workers might not.
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.
I think it is quite untrue that it is standard journalistic practice to name the interviewer when quoting from an interview.
Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession.
My friends all say I'm going to be Secretary of State. But I don't see how that would be much different from the job I have now.