I'm really concerned that too-big-to-fail has become too-big-for-trial. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
We need to hold Wall Street accountable for issuing the kinds of deceptive loans that nearly brought our economy to its knees… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Homeowners refinance their loans when interest rates go down. Businesses refinance their loans. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Who is Antonio Weiss? He's the head of global investment banking for the financial giant Lazard. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
If Federal Reserve loans are subsidies, it doesn't show up in the federal budget. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
If you have a choice between buying something and paying down your credit card, pay down your credit card. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
“By late 2008, one out of every five mortgage holders owed more than their homes were worth. The banks called in the… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Families rely on financial services more than ever, but those who need them most - who struggle to make ends meet -… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
The people on Wall Street broke this country, and they did it one lousy mortgage at a time. It happened more than… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
If nobody can sell mortgage-backed securities based on trillions of dollars of unpayable instruments, there's a lot less risk in the overall… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Meaningful rules in the consumer credit market can accelerate economic recovery. Rules would increase consumer confidence and, more importantly, weed out all… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
The banks lobbied Washington so they could write the rules that got us into this crisis. They then lobbied Washington to get… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Accountability for the largest financial institutions on Wall Street is the bedrock for a strong economy. Hard-working families and honest businesses cannot… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
The financial services industry has seemed to treat the crisis like a little rainfall - inconvenient, but no significant changes needed. The… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
The broken consumer credit market had to be repaired by making sure that consumers had the right information and could use it… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
The bankers might not have said it in so many words, but gradually their strategy emerged: Target families who were already in… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
We [US government] have used our taxpayer dollars not only to subsidize these banks but also to subsidize the creditors of those… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Big banks churn out page after page of incomprehensible fine print to obscure the cost and risks of checking accounts, credit cards,… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
The financial collapse of 2008 got its start with predatory mortgages, that weren’t sold by community banks and credit unions, they were… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
I do not understand how it is that financial institutions could think that they could take taxpayer money and then turn around… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
“This crisis didn’t have to happen. America had a boom-and-bust cycle from the 1790s to the 1930s, with a financial panic every… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
“Starting in 1792 with George Washington, there were financial crises every ten to fifteen years. Panics, bank runs, credit freezes, crashes, depressions.… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Regulators all meet with Goldman Sachs executives and employees day after day after day. They don't see the people who get tricked,… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Does anyone believe that Goldman Sachs is gonna give up a deal that would yield millions of dollars because someone fussed at… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Every time the U.S. government makes a low-cost loan to someone, it's investing in them. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
Once you've gotten your money in balance, you know how much you have to spend on things that are just fun. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
“The single best predictor that a family would go bankrupt was if they had a child.” — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
I can remember riding in the car with [my daughter] Amelia, when she was very small, and we'd talk about money the same way… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
That's how we build the economy of the future. An economy with more jobs and less debt, we root it in fairness. We grow… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
Homeowners refinance their loans when interest rates go down. Businesses refinance their loans. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
There are a lot of things that people say about Hillary Clinton. But nobody says that she doesn't know how to throw a punch. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
I don't think anyone went the polls and said, 'I am casting my vote to make sure that Wall Street has better chances to… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
With post offices and postal workers already on the ground, USPS could partner with banks to make a critical difference for millions of Americans… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
We should stop having a conversation about cutting Social Security a little bit or a lot. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
'Middle class' used to be synonymous with secure, with steady, with boring, because middle-class people were people who were pretty much safe from the… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
You can put handcuffs on people who push the envelope. When they break the law, they deserve to have handcuffs. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
The broken consumer credit market had to be repaired by making sure that consumers had the right information and could use it effectively. That… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
“When you have no real power, go public—really public. The public is where the real power is. Those” — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
![“We [US government] have used our taxpayer dollars not only to subsidize these banks but also to subsidize the creditors of those banks and the equity holders in those banks. We could have talked about forcing those investors to take some serious hits on their risky dealings. The idea that taxpayer…” quote by Elizabeth Warren](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/91e/elizabeth-warren-879_creditors_we-us-government-have-used-our-taxpayer_1715996.jpg)
