I am a committed observer. I like staying in the background and seeing what's going on.

Being First Lady is playing supporting act. I am not seeking notoriety and I am not seeking to grab the limelight.

I built my entire life on the idea of independence.

My perception of life is not to ask Francois Hollande, who isn't the father of my children, to support me financially.

Donald Trump, unlikely Mitt Romney, is not awkward about his money. He has absolutely no qualms about saying, 'I'm rich.'

The materials of wealth are in the earth, in the seas, and in their natural and unaided productions.

I hope that there's a difference between being childish and childlike and that I'm the latter, if you take my meaning. I often sort of wonder. I don't think I'm a terribly good grown-up; I don't take responsibility easily or well in many areas of life. Finance and stuff like that, I'm absolutely appalling.

Poverty is a solved problem - all they have to do is abolish taxes and regulations which cripple those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women and destroy their productive capacity, then stand back and watch the economy boom.