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Investing capital in the free market creates innovation, businesses, jobs and economic growth. Investing capital in the government creates more bureaucracy, more paperwork and inefficiency.

Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.

A wise governor told me a long time ago, political capital you don't get more of by keeping it. You get it by using it.

Natural capital is easy to overlook because it is the pond we swim in. One can live perfectly well without ever giving a thought to the sulfur cycle or wetland functions. Only when the benefits nature provides are disrupted do we take notice.

Capital available for individuals to start and expand businesses would increase with regulatory and strategic tax reforms, like reducing marginal rates, repealing the alternative minimum tax, and making the U.S. the most welcoming place for employers to relocate and create jobs.

Without effective protection of the citizens' right to property, it will be difficult to attract and accumulate valuable capital.

You have to spend your political capital on great causes for your country.

There is a fundamentalist belief by capitalists that capital will save the world, and it just isn't so.

Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job rate in the United States.