We are a republic, very inefficient. If you want a really efficient form of government, you have a king or a dictator.… — Rick Santelli Checks and balances 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… — Rick Santelli Amount 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… — Rick Santelli Believe 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 Come Copy Share Image
The markets are the world's greatest Rubik's cube. And I love solving puzzles. — Rick Santelli Greatest 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 Go 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… — Rick Santelli Attention Copy Share Image
There's so much compromise in politics. I'm not a good compromiser. — Rick Santelli Compromise 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… — Rick Santelli Birth Copy Share Image
Around 1999, CNBC offered me a full-time post, and I'm the happiest I've ever been. — Rick Santelli Around Copy Share Image
Many other states ultimately - they might not have the same balance sheet as Wisconsin - but collective bargaining from the federal… — Rick Santelli Balance Copy Share Image
No, traditions and norms aren't rules in the Constitution. There's a difference between a tradition and a law. — Rick Santelli Constitution Copy Share Image
I think we should all be proud that we are living in a country where we can question those we put in… — Rick Santelli Day Copy Share Image
Our society, our culture - the greatness of America - goes hand-in-hand with energy, and our leaders need to wake up. We… — Rick Santelli America Copy Share Image
When it comes to policies of central bankers, the biggest systemic risk we have... are those policies. — Rick Santelli Bankers Copy Share Image
The markets represent the aggregate interaction of many investors. Their attitudes, philosophies, and behavioral patterns on many levels are predictable... and repetitive. — Rick Santelli Interaction Copy Share Image
I think health care is a mess. I think that, as a free market person, you can't even have that discussion unless… — Rick Santelli Free Copy Share Image
I think many agree, being on the plan till 26, good idea; preexisting conditions, they all have a cost. So you have… — Rick Santelli Car Copy Share Image
This is America. And we've basically invented the computer, and we should invent ways to protect all those that use it. — Rick Santelli America Copy Share Image
People ask me if I'm the father of the Tea Party movement... I was the spark... that started it. — Rick Santelli Father Copy Share Image
We have mountain of debt that isn't going away and all the problems are here to stay, and anybody who tells you… — Rick Santelli Business 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 Children Copy Share Image
A Treasury Secretary or a President should be out here not fighting S&P, not grabbing the other coach and slapping him around,… — Rick Santelli Around Copy Share Image
