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Unraveling the euro is a terrible thing. This is a 50-year endeavor to get this continent together and that's a wonderful endeavor.

Jamie Dimon

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Jamie Dimon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 13
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New York City
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It's great that people get together and collaborate, talk about the facts and the analysis, all in the interest of having a great financial system.
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We're diversified, we're stable and consistent. Our businesses benefit from each other.
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I think the politics have gotten better in the United States, which makes it easier to pass legislation, budgets and treaties.
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I am still a Democrat. The main reason is because I don't like the Republican stance on some social values. Not that I disagree with all of them. I just don't think they have a right to impose it upon other people. I've been public about that.
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I think what you've seen them do recently in the markets is what most of us learn doesn't ultimately work. But I think everyone has to figure that on their own.
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Good regulation should be conducive to business and to customer protection.
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I'm a really big believer - this is not a statement about President [Barack] Obama, but whoever is president - that good policy is really important.
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More people are working, lending is up and savings are up. These are all positive signs for a strengthening economy.
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