I always thought that I was okay with arithmetic.

- Erskine Bowles

Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts.

- Erskine Bowles

I believe in working in a bipartisan manner.

- Erskine Bowles

I believe in cooperating for the common good.

- Erskine Bowles

You always have certain strengths and certain weaknesses, and you want to compensate for your weaknesses... I have a real duty to earn the trust of t…

- Erskine Bowles

I think it's absolutely clear that the fiscal path we are on is not sustainable, and for me, the best analogy is these deficits are like a cancer, an…

- Erskine Bowles

We live in a time today where we face fierce global competition.

- Erskine Bowles

The US Debt is the single biggest threat I see to innovation in American business.

- Erskine Bowles

I think that if we don't get these politicians to come together we face the most predictable economic crisis in history.

- Erskine Bowles