A lot of these things have hurt the average American. When they look at the banks and they say, "Well, the bank's talking its own game," I am telling you, what we've done in mortgage lending, our inability to have proper regulations around mortgages, has hurt average Americans. First-time buyers, immigrant buyers, prior defaults, self-employed, because they can't get a mortgage. Will it make a big difference to JPMorgan Chase? No, but you're hurting my fellow citizens. Let's go at it, and let's fix it.

I believe it's a good thing that people say, "Can we find a way to live together in peace?" And they did, for the most part.

We're going to do the right thing for the company and our customers, all things considered.

JPMorgan is a very good franchise. And the way you should look at a franchise, a business, is from the standpoint of the customers.

I agree with people who say we want more income equality; we want more consumer protection; and we want sounder banks. I agree with all that.

We're not fair weather friends. We've been in places for a long, long time.

I think the Republicans have really thoughtful financial policies, and I'm more in the middle on taxation.