“What we need is congressional action to establish a federal principle ...” — John C. Bogle Quote

“What we need is congressional action to establish a federal principle of fiduciary duty - encapsulated by the phrase 'no man can serve two masters.'”

“Don't look for the needle in the haystack. Just buy the haystack.”

“The market is often stupid, but you can't focus on that. Focus on the underlying value of dividends and earnings.”

“The culture of the mutual fund industry, when I came into it in 1951, was pretty much a culture of fiduciary duty and investment, with funds run by investment professionals. The firm I worked with, Wellington Management Co., they had one fund. That was very typical in the industry... investment professionals focused on long-term investing.”

“U.S. companies are innovative and entrepreneurial.”

“There no longer can be any doubt that the creation of the first index mutual fund was the most successful innovation - especially for investors - in modern financial history.”

“I'm just a country boy from north Georgia, and I have three children and a wonderful wife. And when I look at my three children, who are 8, 11, and 12, and they really represent the faces and the future of the children all across my congressional district, and what the Tea Party stands for is not extremism; it's about their future.”

“The United States should give former NSA contractor Edward Snowden immunity from prosecution in exchange for congressional testimony.”

“Anything my staff does in my office is pursuant to congressional rules.”

“I didn't just want to be a poster boy and sign on to publicize somebody else's method of operations. If I was going to put myself out there, I wanted to make sure that it was to an end. So I got involved with this congressional hearing about Parkinson's being underfunded.”

“If you don't go into a congressional hearing thoroughly prepared, then you should bring a toothbrush, because you're going to be there a while.”