"'Nobody goes to jail.' This is the mantra of the financial-crisis era, one that saw virtually every major bank and financial company on Wall Street embroiled in obscene criminal scandals that impoverished millions and collectively destroyed hundreds of billions, in fact, trillions of dollars of the world's wealth - and nobody went to jail."

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Source : "Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail?". Article by Matt Taibbi, www.rollingstone.com. February 16, 2011.

Matt Taibbi

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“I like the level of fame that I have. You get nice tables in restaurants sometimes, but fame isn't something that I find comfortable.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You'd think that radio was around long enough that someone would have coined a word for staring into space.”

Source : "Ira Glass: Live and Uncut". Interview with Ana Marie Cox And Joanna Dionis, www.motherjones.com. August 11, 1998.
“We easily become trapped in the 'someday' mentality. Someday I'll have all the money I need to enjoy life. Someday I'll be able to spent more time with my family. Someday I'll have time to relax and do what i love doing.”
“I love a good argument and sometimes I have a hard time keeping my mouth shut if I think someone is wrong... I've always fought for what I believe in, and I don't quit until I have accomplished what I set out to do.”
“If churches want to play the game of politics, let them pay admission like everyone else.”
“So give to the poor; I'm begging you, I'm warning you, I'm commanding you, I'm ordering you.”
“To inform, and, therefore to reconnoitre , this is the first and constant duty of the advanced guard.”

Source : Ferdinand Foch (1920). “The Principles of War”
“The federal government has a responsibility to protect all Americans from potential terrorist attack.”

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