America's always had a real passion for lunatic movements.

Politics is about a lot more than winning and losing. I think politics at its best is about compromise, shades of grey and about issues.

The individual incentive not to commit crime on Wall Street now is almost zero.

You know what an effective deterrent to crime is? Jail! And do you know what kind of criminal penalty actually makes people think twice about committing crimes the next time? The kind that actually comes out of some individual's pocket, not fines that come out of the corporate kitty.

In a pure capitalist system, an institution as moronic and corrupt as Bank of America would be swiftly punished by the market - the executives would get to loot their own firms once, then they'd be looking for jobs again.

One loves one's country the way one loves a family member. And sometimes that family member does really embarrassing, shitty things. But you still love them.

'Prop trading' is just a fancy term for banks gambling in the market for their own profit.