Let us learn from the lessons of September 11 and not wait for a major strike before we act. We must work together - Democrats and Republicans, Congress and the White House, government and the private sector - to make our country a safer and more prosperous place.

The private sector is motivated by profit and efficiency and the US government often is not.

You balance the budget by restraining the growth of government and encouraging the growth of the private sector.

Most people work for the private sector, which cannot exist without profit.

Our first priority has to be getting our fiscal house in order - and creating an atmosphere for the private sector in job creation.

Leadership at the civic level is designed to be inclusive, but has difficulty being effective. In the private sector, leadership is based on meritocracy. Digital economy should be led by the private sector and the role of government should be to facilitate and support it. [On Strategies for Global Digital Economy]