William M. Daley

“Lots of people throw around phrases of 'no-fly zone,' and they talk about it as though it's just a game - a video game or something. Some people who throw that line out have no idea what they're talking about.”

“There is no path to middle-class prosperity without tearing down barriers to American exports.”

“Party leaders aren't responsible for every candidate's gaffe.”

“When the manufacturing decline began in earnest in 2001, the main culprits were the offshoring of jobs to China, with which we have no trade deal, and automation.”

“It sounds good to say, 'We're going to do this,' on C-SPAN, but try to do that in real life, and it's not going to work.”

“Most people who talk about either entitlement cuts or revenue - when you have to put pen to paper, it is much more difficult.”

“In my opinion, it is not in our interest to have complicated negotiations with a region, and then have to follow it up with 535 negotiations at home. I have experienced recounts, and it is better to vote once.”

“President Obama came into office in '08 with the belief that - and the public's belief in him - that he was moderate, that he wasn't a big spender.”

“There is no room for politics in the Commerce Department.”

“While a truly national third party wouldn't necessarily be bad, smaller niche parties are ill-suited to our federalist system.”

“The mistake we made in the 1990s was overestimating the potential of NAFTA's positive impact.”

“Commerce was the best job I could ever have.”

“Palin's blatant lack of competence and preparedness needs no belaboring. What's critical is that substantive, serious Republican leaders either wouldn't or couldn't declare, before or after the election, 'This is not what our party stands for. We can and must do better.'”

“We can't give the impression to our allies or friends in Asia that because the president is against TPP... that therefore, economically, we're going to pull away from Asia.”

“As president, you can't just say, 'I want this,' or, 'Do that.' A president has to lead the American people to where he wants to go, and the chief of staff needs to help him get it done.”