Quotes of the Day

geir haarde iceland
Monday, Sep. 13, 2010

Open quoteMy official acts as Prime Minister didn't cause the banking collapse; it wasn't in my power, or in the power of other ministers, to prevent it.Close quote

  • GEIR H. HAARDE,
  • former Prime Minister of Iceland, in an e-mailed statement, after a parliamentary committee recommended that he be indicted for "violations against the laws of ministerial responsibility"
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