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" Speaker Ryan's vision for a confident America, both at home and abroad, reflects his thoughtful leadership. "

Kenneth C. Griffin

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" So many of the great thought leaders that have shaped economics - Gary Becker, Milton Friedman - what an unbelievable success story they've had in their field. "

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" Citadel's Capital Market division plays an important role in our nation's financial markets. Our broker-dealer is the largest market maker in options in the United States, executing approximately 30 percent of all equity option trades daily. "

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" The success story at Citadel has been written by a number of people who have backgrounds from the University of Chicago. "

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" It's a winner-take-all world. "

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" The resources at Harvard - its professors, our fellow students, the libraries, its alumni - created for me the opportunity to pursue my passions in finance. "

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" I did not forsee a day where the government had to intervene to bail out basically everybody. "

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" The culture of rigorous questioning and open discourse at the University of Chicago has opened minds to ideas that have changed the world. "

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" Gambling is entertainment... Financial markets, what one often refers to as speculation, is really the force by which we move capital to the best and highest use. "

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" It drives people nuts that I take them to McDonald's all the time. "

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" It's important for me to be No. 1. "

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" I had to learn to trust people, and I realized that success was going to be born in hiring really bright people - very self-motivated, very able to make good judgment calls day in and day out. "

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" It is not my belief that we need greater government regulation of hedge funds with respect to the systemic risk they create. "

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" In our firm's earliest days, our understanding of the power of great software engineering and quantitative analytics helped Citadel stand out. "

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" If I could wave a magic wand, I'd break up the banking system. "

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" We're going through a period of retrenchment as the dynamics of the playing field are changing. "

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" Let me be clear: All I really care about is my kids know that their parents love them. "

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" You can't succeed in the markets today unless you are part of a great team. The team is the essence of how you win. "

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" The idea that the largest banks in the world would simultaneously fail, need government support, government guarantees, and/or government intervention to survive was not in my range of realistic scenarios. "

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" As an industry, we have a responsibility to manage risk in a way that is prudent. "

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" I am proud to support the incredible economics department at the University of Chicago. "

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" It is incredible to come to work every day surrounded by individuals whose insights and efforts place us at the forefront of finance. "

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" I set up my own trading center in my Cabot dorm room... with my computer, my fax machine, and my telephone. "

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" If you think about the amount of critical thinking that has come into the field of economics, two universities have dominated the landscape in my life: Chicago and Harvard. "

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" As Americans, I think we really believe that with the meritocracy that exists in our country, the equality of opportunity is so important to the foundation of our culture and our society. "

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" The key to our business, it's a lot of research. "

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" Don't act like a bank unless you are a bank. That was a really big lesson learned from 2008. "

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