Quotes from Jamie Dimon

All our clients know that we're there, we're steady, we do a good job, we earn a fair return for ourselves, which I think is critical.

JPMorgan is a very good franchise. And the way you should look at a franchise, a business, is from the standpoint of the customers.

I think normalization is a good thing.

The government has the right to change laws and rules and regulations.

I don't like the term "universal bank." The Chinese government legitimately wants to have a very strong economy. When they talk about SOE reform, they know that's part of it.

My daughter asked me when she came home from school, "What's the financial crisis?" and I said, it's something that happens every five to seven years.

I think immigration has been one of the vital things about the growth of America. I'm the product of grandparents who all immigrated from Greece. I hope eventually we have proper immigration.

You have your own culture and your own ways of doing things. I hope Japan continues on this path.

You can design a mortgage system that is different without a Fannie and Freddie, but there are principles you have to have, to have a good system.

You wonder, 'How could it possibly be me?' Well, of course it could happen to you. You have it. Then, of course, you wake up every morning, and you hope it's a bad dream. Then you wake up. I have cancer.

Business has to have a seat at the table. Infrastructure isn't going to be built properly if business doesn't have a seat at the table. A school is not going to happen if businesses don't work with schools about what kind of jobs they really need.

I know the President [Barack Obama]. I like him and respect him. That does not mean I agree with all of our government's policies, whether they come from Democrats or Republicans.

We're going to do the right thing for the company and our customers, all things considered.

My retirement date, every time you ask me that, I'm going to say five years. I don't want to retire.

America has the best hand ever dealt to any country on this planet, ever. Yes, we have problems, but you travel around the world, you'll see we have it all.

I was a normal human being, but I did like that. I read a lot. I also liked math and science.

You know, the benefit in life is to say, 'Maybe you made a mistake, let's dig deep.'

When the government gets involved in pricing, I don't think it's the right way to look at a business.

I think the free-enterprise system has been great for society. That doesn't mean it's completely perfect. And also, when people say capitalism, I'm not really sure what they mean.

It's really important that policy be properly designed. It's not enough just to.. .get angry over a subject.

I am not responsible for the financial crisis, I hate to tell you.

When my grandfather was born, there was no healthcare. There were no airplanes. There were no boats. There were no trains. There were no communications. No Internet. No widespread knowledge. It will be a completely different world but a much better place in a hundred years.

There are legitimate concerns long term, in my view, about nuclear war and policy and stuff like that. But the world has become a better place every 20 years for the last 2,000 years.

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