Rick Santelli Quotes

• The government is promoting bad behavior... do we really want to subsidize the losers' mortgages... This is America! How many of you people want to pay for your neighbor's mortgage? President Obama are you listening? How about we all stop paying our mortgage! It's a moral hazard

  Rick Santelli

  Government, America, People

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• If you read our Founding Fathers, people like Benjamin Franklin and Jefferson - what we're doing now in this country is making them roll over in their graves.

  Rick Santelli

  Country, Father, People

  The CNBC Interview, www.newsbusters.org. February 19, 2009.

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• We have mountain of debt that isn't going away and all the problems are here to stay, and anybody who tells you that is a good thing ought to get out of the business of helping the government down the road.

  Rick Santelli

  Government, Going Away, Mountain

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• You need more people to perpetuate a myth because if the people stop the myth is known to all.

  Rick Santelli

  People, Needs, Myth

  "CNBC's Santelli Schools NYT's Friedman in Ponzi Schemes and Social Security". www.newsbusters.org. September 8, 2011.

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• Challenging leaders is as American as it gets.

  Rick Santelli

  Leader, Challenges

  "Rick Santelli: I'm proud to be a firebrand" by Ed Pilkington, www.theguardian.com. October 7, 2010.

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• In normal times, investors should pay more attention to the credit markets because it's the energy by which everything is driven. It's the oil in the engine.

  Rick Santelli

  Oil, Energy, Attention

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• At the end of the day, the markets are my passion.

  Rick Santelli

  Passion, The End Of The Day, Ends

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• I don't believe anyone should ignore all the fires around you and stand pat and not worry about getting singed.

  Rick Santelli

  Believe, Fire, Worry

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• I try to avoid political ties.

  Rick Santelli

  Ties, Political, Trying

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• I'm pretty darn happy with my day job.

  Rick Santelli

  Jobs, Day Jobs

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• The jobs outlook in the U.S. isn't very good. And it's really about young people.

  Rick Santelli

  Jobs, People, Outlook

  "Rick Santelli: 'Wake Up Young People'". www.realclearpolitics.com. May 08, 2012.

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• One thing that served me well with clients was that you back your winners and you back your losers.

  Rick Santelli

  Clients, Loser, Winner

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• Our society, our culture - the greatness of America - goes hand-in-hand with energy, and our leaders need to wake up. We need energy, OK?

  Rick Santelli

  Greatness, America, Hands

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• I personally think money in politics on any level is horrible. I'd like to see a set amount and have every candidate spend it. Have it be completely transparent. But actually getting to that spot, as we have learned through all the legislation over the decades, is very difficult.

  Rick Santelli

  Thinking, Levels, Legislation

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. October 24, 2010.

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• I can't remember the exact quote but when I used to trade and Mr. Volcker was Fed chairman, he said something like 'gold is my enemy, I'm always watching what gold is doing', we need to think why he made a statement like that. If you're a central banker or one of the congressmen or senators, watch what gold is doing because this is a no-confidence vote in fiscal and dollar policy.

  Rick Santelli

  Thinking, Enemy, Gold

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• When you are facing the wilderness on your own, you have a totally different attitude to someone who works in government or who has a monthly cheque.

  Rick Santelli

  Attitude, Government, Different

  "Rick Santelli: I'm proud to be a firebrand" by Ed Pilkington, www.theguardian.com. October 7, 2010.

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• I think that there's been a lot of people in Congress that didn't know all the ins and outs of the Constitution. I think we have a whole roomful of people that have record legislation in terms of quantity of pages that didn't read it.

  Rick Santelli

  Thinking, People, Records

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. October 24, 2010.

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