It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.

You never can take for granted that you have a job.

You can't fall back on the private sector and say, 'You take care of the nation's banking system.' That's a fundamental function of the government, the Federal Reserve, the Treasury and the FDIC, etc. All of those agencies have a major role to play there.

Except for the occasional heart attack, I never felt better.

I'll never take the easy way out.

No, I've always been impressed with the tremendous resilience of the American economy. I think over the years, over the decades, it's demonstrated this tremendous ability to take severe body blows, if you will, and bounce back.