Quotes of the Day

President Obama
Thursday, Apr. 22, 2010

Open quoteA free market was never meant to be a free license to take whatever you can get, however you can get it. That is what happened too often in the years leading up to the crisis.Close quote

  • PRESIDENT OBAMA,
  • from the speech he gave on Wall Street in New York City on Thursday, calling for new rules governing the financial industry
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