top of page

"The securities laws of the 1930s were so important because it forced companies to file registration statements and issue prospectuses, and it remedied the imbalance of information."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Information quotes

"I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world."

"When we hear news we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation."

"I did not go to military school. I had an option either a military school or a private school. I don't know how to get that out of the information that's out there."

"If you exchange information internationally, you must strengthen data protection. Those are two sides of the same coin."

"On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we have always gone ahead, believing in the right to information."

"Although Customs and Border Protection analyzes cargo and other information to target specific shipments for closer inspection, it still physically inspects only a small fraction of the containers under its purview."

"Despite the administration's long public information campaign, for many months polls have consistently indicated only 37 percent of those eligible for Medicare say they only partially understand the program."

"An objection is not a rejection; it is simply a request for more information."

"And it turned out that the Roberts Commission did not fully utilize the information available and that it came to conclusions which were I think quite short sighted and, indeed, in some cases, scapegoated individuals."

"The Internet is really about highly specialized information, highly specialized targeting."
Explore more quotes by Ron Chernow


"There is a kind of fear, approaching a panic, that's spreading through the Baby Boom Generation, which has suddenly discovered that it will have to provide for its own retirement."


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


"Partly because his life ended before the age of 50, Hamilton was defined by the other founding fathers, and he managed, with amazing consistency, to alienate most of them."


"The Great Inflation of the 1970s destroyed faith in paper assets, because if you held a bond, suddenly the bond was worth much less money than it was before."


"One of the special characteristics of New York is that it is different from a London or a Paris because it's the financial capital, and the cultural capital, but not the political capital."


"After being Washington's aide for four years and becoming the hero of Yorktown, Hamilton was viewed with a great deal of suspicion because of his association with Tories."


"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."


"Stock market corrections, although painful at the time, are actually a very healthy part of the whole mechanism, because there are always speculative excesses that develop, particularly during the long bull market."


"There is no country in the world where it's as easy to find venture capital in the stock market as the United States."


"We really haven't had very much experience with people funding their retirement out of the stock market, and we don't know, frankly, how it would work under every scenario."
bottom of page