The White House isn't the place to learn how to deal with international crisis the balance of power war and peace and the economic future of the next generation.

The global economic outlook remains fragile and uncertain. Global economic imbalances persist and we must address them or risk future instability.

President Obama has offered a plan with 4 trillion dollars in debt reduction over a decade with two and a half dollars of spending reductions for every one dollar of revenue increases and tight controls on future spending. It's the kind of balanced approach proposed by the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles commission.

The balance between freedom and security is a delicate one.

The U.S. has since the end of World War II had an answer - we stand for free peoples and free markets we are willing to support and defend them - we will sustain a balance of power that favors freedom.

I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other.

What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect delicate balance between freedom 'to' and freedom 'from.'

But if you can create an honorable livelihood where you take your skills and use them and you earn a living from it it gives you a sense of freedom and allows you to balance your life the way you want.

Our culture is just a series of checks and balances. The whole idea that we're in a battle between tyranny and freedom - it's a series of pendulum swings.

It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom.