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A very skillful criminal can almost always outfox the regulator or the overseer."
— Former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt, who knew and worked with Bernard L. Madoff.

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We could work for nothing and it wouldn't help GM make it to January."
— United Auto Workers president Ron Gettelfinger

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A lot of struggling Americans are wondering where their bailout is."
— Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks out against the auto bailout bill.

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We call this a barbershop. Everyone is getting haircuts."
— House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on how auto executives, shareholders, dealers and employees will be expected to make concessions.

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This is our largest industry. Are we going to watch it melt down by Christmastime? Because that's what we're facing."
— Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University economist and author, on the fate of the auto industry.

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We're sorry to be asking for this support. We wish the market conditions were better. They're not, so this is what we need to do."
— GM Chairman Rick Wagoner

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Before any taxpayer money is provided, the American people deserve to know how the Big Three plan to survive the current crisis, become competitive companies once again, and eventually repay taxpayer loans."
— House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.)

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The reality is that sometimes policymaking in Washington can become too insular."
— President-elect Barack Obama on why he created an economic advisory board.

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I wish, and I know you all wish, there was sort of one action we could take and the economy would turn around and the financial system would be in the kind of shape we'd like it to be in. But that's not the kind of world we live in."
— Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson

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We have made these kind of decisions in the past. We made one last night. And if need be we will make these kinds of decisions to safeguard our financial system in the future."
— President Bush on the Citigroup bailout.

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