I really can?t think of nothing I?d trade all those years together for. It?s been a wonderful life.

Despite uncertainty related to Katrina and other economic conditions, we remain optimistic about global trade and expect continued economic expansion in the U.S. and in the international markets.

Politics is a rough trade and I can take it with the best of them. I have demonstrated I am capable of taking the worst of blows, even when they are almost so ludicrous as to be bizarre, but I do draw the line at families. I always have. I try to keep my family out of my politics as much as possible.

The way the wind was blowing during the storm Thursday, it wouldn't have done much good to try to clear the walks any earlier. It would have just blown back in.

Every man lives by exchanging.

The claim that the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked because fundamentalists hate our prosperity and freedom is a ridiculous lie.