The right focus for the U.S. is on advanced manufacturing – something that requires innovation.

We need to invest in manufacturing and small businesses. We need to be creating a workforce where Americans can compete in a global marketplace because they have the necessary skills. And we need fairness, and we need a sustainable, strong economy that’s durable for the future.

The prevailing – and foolish – attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he’s managing. A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he’s put in charge anyway.

No country is ever successful in the long term without a really strong manufacturing base.

The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.