People ask me if I'm the father of the Tea Party movement... I was the spark... that started it. — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
I have a daughter for a while that didn't have insurance. She gets a different price than people who have insurance. — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
People with 401(k)s need to be very conservative. Picking bottoms should be for insiders and traders. — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
It's a philosophy that - 'We, the People' - it's about us, that if the Americans want to do something, they have… — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
The jobs outlook in the U.S. isn't very good. And it's really about young people. — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
I think that there's been a lot of people in Congress that didn't know all the ins and outs of the Constitution.… — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
The government is promoting bad behavior... do we really want to subsidize the losers' mortgages... This is America! How many of you… — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
Maybe we should shut Wall Street down for 24 hours, see how everybody who blames Wall Street for everything likes that. Maybe… — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
You need more people to perpetuate a myth because if the people stop the myth is known to all. — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
It seems to me that any reason for people getting more active in running or taking part in politics and government I… — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
If you read our Founding Fathers, people like Benjamin Franklin and Jefferson - what we're doing now in this country is making… — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
When Target gets hacked, I don't hear people saying, 'Hey, was it Kohl's? Was it Wal-Mart?' It doesn't matter. There was a… — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
We are a republic, very inefficient. If you want a really efficient form of government, you have a king or a dictator. And in… — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
I personally think money in politics on any level is horrible. I'd like to see a set amount and have every candidate spend it.… — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
Believe me. When you're talking about trust in government, you're preaching to the choir, whether it's on the financial side, the central banking side:… — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
I come from immigrant grandparents. The country would not be what it is if it wasn't for the immigrants in this country. — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
The markets are the world's greatest Rubik's cube. And I love solving puzzles. — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
I've talked about commodity price volatility in the past: go back to the tape... I never said it was about inflation. — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
In normal times, investors should pay more attention to the credit markets because it's the energy by which everything is driven. It's the oil… — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
We now have the technology to pretty much hear everything. Can you imagine how our holiday dinners would be if every relative's entire conversations… — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
Around 1999, CNBC offered me a full-time post, and I'm the happiest I've ever been. — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
