Felix Rohatyn Quotes

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• I think there are two areas where new ideas are terribly dangerous: economics and sex. By and large, it's all been tried, and if it's…
• Democracy cannot flourish half rich and half poor, any more than it can flourish half free and half slave.
• Hillary Brown understands that?for our grandchildren's sake?we must rebuild America and, in doing so, re-imagine our interconnected infrastructure systems to make them more efficient, environmentally…
• Saving New York City from bankruptcy is like making love to a gorilla. You don't stop when you're tired; you stop when he's tired.
• Financial hydrogen bombs built on personal computers by 26-year-olds with MBAs.
• What is desperately needed... is the skepticism and the sense of history that a liberal arts education provides.
• I am a capitalist and I believe in making a profit.
• Investment banking is not a business; it is a personal service where bankers work hand in hand with their clients. And it is a service…
• In the 1970s, New York City avoided bankruptcy because wise political leaders like Gov. Hugh L. Carey believed both in strong labor unions and robust…
• The early years of my life were very, very traumatic. It was scary, because any child knew that death was sort of lurking around Europe…
• Throughout U.S. history, competent public investments have been an essential complement to private investments - from the Louisiana Purchase, to land-grant colleges, to the Interstate…
• At its core, banking is not simply about profit, but about personal relationships.

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