“If somebody had said to me in June or July of 1987, 'We'd like you to ...” — Alan Greenspan Quote

“If somebody had said to me in June or July of 1987, 'We'd like you to become chairman of the Federal Reserve, but you're never allowed to discuss any economics after you leave,' I'd have said, 'Forget it.' What do they want me to do? Become an anthropologist?'”

“The purpose of a politician is to be a leader. A politician has to lead. Otherwise he's just a follower.”

“The only way you get economic progress, real standards of living moving higher, is to have the savings of the society continuously invested in the cutting-edge technologies. And those technologies which are obsolescent get dropped out.”

“I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned into a Disney ride.”

“Too often, a problem is allowed to fester until it reaches a crisis point... and the American people are left asking the question: what went wrong and why?”

“Class clowns are never allowed to date anybody decent, but you don't get beaten up, you're invited to parties, and everybody likes you.”