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Our criteria for deciding what's good and what's bad is very fickle, especially in this country.

Every American wants a clean slate, but nobody wants to lose what they've got.

America has to ask itself not what it wants, but what it can afford.

And yet, there are still people in American politics who, for some reason, cling to this belief that America is better off adopting the economic policies of nations whose people who immigrate here from there.

America gets the politicians they deserve. That's it. And you keep struggling.

Americans have grown impatient with the relentless politicizing of every area of life.

America is a young country with an old mentality.

But the - look, I think that this - the United States of America is still the most powerful economy in the world. It is an incredible engine for creativity and innovation. And it has the most - smartest, most effective workforce in the world. So we have a lot going for us, in spite of the fractiousness of our politics.

What America does best is produce the ability to accept failure.