As LONG as the dollar remains in high esteem as a trade currency, America can continue to spend more than it earns. But when the day arrives - as it certainly must - when the dollar tumbles and FOREIGNERS no LONGER want it, the FREE ride will be over.

I think the best projects understand that they don't need to INVENT a NEW currency. They don't need to USE the BLOCK CHAIN as their long-term data storage solution. And they don't need to use the peer-to-peer network as their communication mechanism. They should use the block chain as the world's most secure distributed ledger.

We WANT to decide how we CONTROL our BORDERS, our money, our ECONOMY, our currency.

It's in our INTERESTS that the euro is a SUCCESSFUL, STRONG CURRENCY.

A conception not reducible to the small CHANGE of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a SYMBOL, but a FRAUD.

A COMMON CURRENCY imposes on US a DUTY to cooperate more on POLICY.

The emerging notion of the Eighties was that PUBLICITY was a currency. The OLD VIEW was that if you had a currency - your talent or your PRODUCT - publicity might draw attention to it. The new view was that publicity in itself, highlighting you, bestowed VALUE.

Here's a CERTAINTY: When you play out your personal dramas, hurt and self-interest in the media, it's a confection. You say what you have to say in the way you have to say it to GIVE it media currency - and that's always far from the truth. OFTEN, in fact, someone ELSE says it for you. It's all PLANNED. It's all rehearsed.

If you hang around political talkers or strategists much, you're likely to hear a LOT about authenticity. This is supposed to be the GOLDEN CURRENCY which we all look for in our LEADERS.

The creation of a consumer agency, STRUCTURED similarly to the OFFICE of the Comptroller of the Currency, levels the PLAYING field. It gives consumers a POWERFUL advocate at the federal LEVEL.

I BELIEVE that CURRENCY trading should not be a BUSINESS at all.

This is what the European UNION is all about. A STRONG MARKET with a strong CURRENCY.

The euro is... a FAILED CURRENCY, a WRONG currency, a failed EXPERIMENT.

I LOOK FORWARD to the day when CHINA has a truly market-determined solution... To GET there, you need to have a currency that is market-determined, an open capital market, and you are going to need a COMPETITIVE, open financial system.

China has made important contribution to the world economy in TERMS of total economic output and TRADE, and the RMB has PLAYED a role in the world economic development. But making the RMB an international currency will be a FAIRLY long PROCESS.