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We've got to move beyond the idea that the public and private sectors are at odds. Government has to lay the groundwork for private equity to productively invest in things like education. It's a partnership, not a battle.

Prosperity comes from the private sector.

Intellectual property is a key aspect for economic development.

When the private does well, there's revenue for the public sector.

In the private sector, there is always innovation. There's always change. There's always improving productivity, and if you're not leading that, you'll be passed and ultimately go out of business. So there's an urgency to constantly update and renew and to rethink your enterprise.

The only way you multiply resources is with technology. To really affect poverty, energy, health, education, or anything else - there is no other way.

There is definitely a need for increasing capacity in higher education; a large part of this is being met in the technical education segment by the private sector and in the non-technical by the state sector. In the public sector, we will do whatever we can afford.

The private sector must play a role in ensuring the prosperity and health of the people who comprise its market. It is time for the private sector to become a proactive partner contributing to the efforts of governments and philanthropies.

Much of the real computer talent today is concentrated in the private sector.

The way to create jobs is to encourage private sector job creators.