"Our democracy poses problems and these problems must and shall be solved by courageous leadership."

"In view of our public pledges, we public officials can never again go before the public merely promising election reform. The time for promises is past."

"Any man who takes a job with the idea that it is simply a springboard for something else is a chump. His attention will be more on the other things than on the job at hand and so he will fail."

"I want to make this perfectly clear: you can be sure that I will never be a yes-man except to my own conscience."

"In business, the idea of measuring what you are doing, picking the measurements that count like customer satisfaction and performance... you thrive on that."

"My dad is like a cactus - introverted and tough. I'm a people person, like my mom, but I got my competitiveness from my dad. He came to this country from Belarus with nothing and built a real business. He's my hero for giving me that need to run a business and for having enormous confidence in me."

"I know I was a great friend to Tiger Woods. But when you have a relationship that's involves business and friendship - and the business part comes to an end - things always get a little blurry."

"I met an American woman and got married so I had to get a job."