A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
“The color of somebody's skin or the way he wears his hair or clothes has nothing to do with anything.”
“We have to remember we're in a global economy. The purpose of fiscal stimulus is not simply to sustain activity in our national economies, but to help the global economy as well, and that's why it's so critical that measures in those packages avoid anything that smacks of protectionism.”