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These quotes reference Goldman Sachs in discussions of banking leverage and the 2008 crisis, themes that also come up in Best quotes about industry standards.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Crisis
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Nov 07, 2020

My old firm, Goldman Sachs - traditionally, the best banks are leveraged 8:1. When we had the financial crisis in 2008, the investment banks were leveraged 35:1. Those rules had specifically been changed by a guy named Hank Paulson. He was secretary of Treasury.

Quotes by Steve Bannon

Nov 07, 2020

I'm the catalyst for the downfall of the Blairites, the Clintonites, the Bushites, and all these dreadful people who work hand in glove with Goldman Sachs and everybody else, have made themselves rich, and ruined our countries. I couldn't be happier.

Quotes by Nigel Farage

Money
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Nov 07, 2020

Mysterious can be cool, if you're in Hollywood and everyone's happy. But it can be really bad if people perceive that the financial interests are adversarial, that there's money versus people. A lot of Goldman Sachs people went into government, so at a time when there's a distrust of institutions, some of that reflects on us.

Quotes by Lloyd Blankfein

Pressure
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Nov 07, 2020

You can demonize Goldman Sachs all you want, and I'm sure there are reasons to do it. But the real pressure is all of us pressuring the companies for stock returns, and that leads to all kinds of decisions.

Quotes by John Wells

God
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Nov 07, 2020

Why don't we have enough teachers of math and science in the public schools? One answer is well, if they knew the subject well, they'd also know enough to work for Google or Goldman Sachs or God knows where.

Quotes by James Harris Simons

Flooded
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Nov 07, 2020

Nathaniel Rich wrote 'Odds Against Tomorrow' well before Hurricane Sandy and its surge crashed onto the isle of Manhattan, well before the streets were flooded and the subways drowned, only the Goldman Sachs building sparkling above the darkened avenues.

Quotes by Cathleen Schine

Only
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Nov 07, 2020

In 2008, Goldman Sachs only paid 1.1 percent of its income in taxes even though it earned a profit of $2.3 billion and received an almost $800 billion from the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury Department.

Quotes by Bernie Sanders

Others take a more critical tone toward the firm, tying public frustration with banks to broader pressure for Building shareholder returns.

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