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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
America
Up
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" If being the lightning rod that started the Tea Party is what's written on my tombstone, I'll be very happy. "
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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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" There's so much compromise in politics. I'm not a good compromiser. "
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" 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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" There's not a lot of wealth throughout all the country shared equally. "
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" We are a republic, very inefficient. If you want a really efficient form of government, you have a king or a dictator. And in the end, you hope it's a benevolent one. But then you could get things done. There's no lurching; there's no bumps. That's the cornerstone of checks and balances. "
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" I think we should all be proud that we are living in a country where we can question those we put in power because, at the end of the day, they work for every citizen. "
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" Around 1999, CNBC offered me a full-time post, and I'm the happiest I've ever been. "
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" I remember I had a professor in college. I wrote a great paper. Could never please this guy. But it made me better. "
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