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" Around 1999, CNBC offered me a full-time post, and I'm the happiest I've ever been. "
Rick Santelli
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" You need more people to perpetuate a myth because if the people stop the myth is known to all. "
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" I'm very happy at CNBC. It's the passion, it's the movement - there's a lot of moving parts. And spontaneous TV and spontaneous debates... I don't know that there's anyone that enjoys their job more than I do. "
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" We need to understand that in the end, if we're going to make a positive difference in the future, we can't have election cycles where one side, the middle and the right side, they talk trash. "
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" Believe me. When you're talking about trust in government, you're preaching to the choir, whether it's on the financial side, the central banking side: we see areas where the government does good jobs; we see areas where they don't do as good a job. "
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" If you trade in paper, the notion of many who trade gold - the Ayn Randers - if the financial world comes to an end, they're going to have the gold. If you're playing in ETFs, you're going to have a piece of paper. "
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" Challenging leaders is as American as it gets. "
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" What about stocks? You got to buy them. What if they break? You have to buy the dips. "
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" We cannot collect enough taxes to catch up with spending. Do I know a solution? Not really. Do your politicians know a solution? Does our commander-in-chief offer a solution? Absolutely not. "
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Enough
Know
" The issue is, you're not going to have a lot of inflation showing up when you have no velocity. "
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Going
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" There's so much compromise in politics. I'm not a good compromiser. "
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Politics
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" We all know deep inside that no country is the same as it was 5 years ago. "
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Country
Deep
Inside
" I work hard, and I haven't done badly in life. But I pretty much came from very modest roots... I go home on my train; I cut my own grass... I don't have anything against people that are more elite, but it's just not who I am or what I'm about. "
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" People in charge of intelligence are political as well. "
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Political
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" No, traditions and norms aren't rules in the Constitution. There's a difference between a tradition and a law. "
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Tradition
Constitution
" Most of the mainstream coverage of most of the crisis - the economy, the road to get here, and the Tea Party - has been very much lacking. "
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" The unique thing about our country is that we don't get behind politicians, politicians get behind us. "
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" We now have the technology to pretty much hear everything. Can you imagine how our holiday dinners would be if every relative's entire conversations from birth to that moment in time was shown to every other relative? "
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You
" I've talked about commodity price volatility in the past: go back to the tape... I never said it was about inflation. "
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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? "
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" I believe there's only one regulation in life that works: failure. "
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" I think hacking's important. Most Americans should worry about it no matter what side of the aisle you're on. "
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Matter
" 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. "
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" The president doesn't hold all the cards. The cards are evenly split up! "
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President