The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

Hollywood would make a holocaust an animated comedy if people would pay to see it; they don't care... they just want your money.

I have nothing against investment banking, but it's like massaging money rather than creating money.

We're charged by Congress with regulating financial institutions. We take that mission seriously. We are tough supervisors and regulators.

There are many things which swallow up men's thoughts while they live, which they will think little of when they are dying. Hundreds are wholly absorbed in political schemes and seem to care for nothing but the advancement of their own party. Myriads are buried in business and money matters and seem to neglect everything else but this world.