Many blue-collar families struggling to pay rent would be happy to skip paying optional union dues.

Once Michigan stood proud. In addition to GM, Ford and Chrysler, it was home base for the United Auto Workers, a powerful escalator transporting hundreds of thousands of blue-collar workers into America's middle class.

I would be happy with an Olympic bronze. What I don't have is an Olympic medal.

When school children start paying union dues, that 's when I'll start representing the interests of school children.

You can't be happy if you're not tolerably happy with yourself. The addition of friends adds immeasurably to life.

I do not own a single security anywhere that doesn't pay a dividend, and I formed a mutual-fund company with that very simple philosophy.