"Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values."

"So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?"

"The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live."

"Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice."

"Democrats think the country works better with a strong middle class, real opportunities for poor people to work their way into it and a relentless focus on the future, with business and government working together to promote growth and broadly shared prosperity. We think 'we're all in this together' is a better philosophy than 'you're on your own.'"

"Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night."

"You know, if you look back in the 1930s, the money went to infrastructure. The bridges, the municipal buildings, the roads, those were all built with stimulus money spent on infrastructure. This stimulus bill has fundamentally gone, started out with a $500 rebate check, remember. That went to buy flat-screen TVs made in China."

"If I have enough money to eat I'm good."