The founding fathers were not only brilliant, they were system builders and systematic thinkers. They came up with comprehensive plans and visions.

In the 1920s, Wall Street was a world that was really dominated by professional speculators and stock pools. These people had a monopoly over information.

What I find very interesting about the mutual funds managers is that here are people who are the new masters of the universe. They're managing billions, yet they're subject to this quiet daily tyranny of numbers.

I think there's a tide that tends to carry historians back to the past.

I have developed a very strong partiality for the dead: they don't talk back, they don't sue, and they don't have angry relatives.

The American public historically was really not part of the stock market.

The history of Wall Street is inseparable from New York.