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America is a powerful country. America is a great country. We have enormous resiliency. Any time we have had our back to the wall, we have come out a winner.

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The essence of business to me is great people run great companies. Mediocre people don't do a very good job.

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The biggest single challenge to America and our future is income inequality. We've got to fix it.

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America has thrived on capitalism, and America will thrive again on capitalism.

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I'm nuts, I'm rich, and boy, do I love a fight!

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I don't need a job. I don't want an appointment. I don't want to be on a commission. I don't want to be ambassador to nowhere.

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You only have to worry about going to jail if you break the law. That's pretty simple.

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I learned playing poker that you never count your winnings because that's when you start to lose.

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When then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued me in 2003 over my stewardship as a director of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE's legal expenses were more than $100 million, which made it perhaps the priciest litigation in the state's history.

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Nothing so enchants attorneys general, their eyes generally fixed on higher public office, as slinging accusations against successful financial executives. Preening press conferences and fawning media coverage are virtually guaranteed, whether or not the charges have substance.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: September 16th, 1935

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