France

“The country that can fire the most people will hire the most people, ok, and that's a little bit ironic these socialists don't understand that, but, If you can't fire anybody, like in France, then guess what? You're not going to hire anybody, because if you hi…”

“Ballpark companies which are under ownership of a private equity owner accounts in the US, in the UK, in France for about six to nine percent of GDP.”

“The management team have less of a say in the U.S. Than they have in Europe. That's a big difference. They're less incentivized, and that was a surprise. They're less incentivized in terms of management package, so they less have a say. They're less important …”

“I believe that that will be the next Afghanistan, particularly for Europe. I think that you will have Mali pulling France in. You will have Belgium being pulled in, you will have the UK and other EU countries adjacently being pulled in, the US being pulled in,…”

“For U.S., the constraint is that they can't build a coalition of the willing against China. If every country in the world is going to cheat, if France is going to sell airbuses, if America pulls back on Boeings, if that's what's going to happen, then there is …”

“Today, you look at Germany, you look at France, you look at Britain, you look at Canada, you look at the US, all of these bonds now offer real yields of anywhere between minus three and minus five.”

“I would predict that in the next 18 or 24 months, Marine Le Pen The bête noire of European politics is going to be president of France, and she's going to be president of France because the alternative on the left is worse than she is.”