Quotes from Jamie Dimon

Among those people not graduating, there might be a Steve Jobs or Barack Obama. We'll never know.

You read constantly that banks are lobbying regulators and elected officials as if this is inappropriate. We don't look at it that way.

I don't buy this thing that our industry is responsible for all the ills of the world. We have great people at JPMorgan Chase. We operate with a lot of rigor. Our clients are happy with us.

I have gotten disturbed at some of the Democrats' anti-business behavior, the sentiment, the attacks on work ethic and successful people. I think it's very counter-productive.

People always say to me, "What if it doesn't work?" If it doesn't work, we redouble our effort. We're not going to cry like a bunch of babies. We're going to redouble our effort.

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.

I am struck that so many of our leaders in the U.S. forget how strong our country can be.

Companies that grow for the sake of growth or that expand into areas outside their core business strategy often stumble. On the other hand, companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time.

Good regulation should be conducive to business and to customer protection.

I am not embarrassed to be a banker. I am not embarrassed to be in business.

Companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time.

No one has the right to not assume that the business cycle will turn! Every five years or so, you have got to assume that something bad will happen.

You don't run a business hoping you don't have a recession.

After the tsunami in Japan, we were open for business. In fact, I flew there 10 days after the tsunami to show our support for the Japanese people.

We have a lot of people who are Republicans, a lot of people who are Democrats, and it's not just because of business reasons.

I'm very close to thinking the United States shouldn't be in Basel any more. I would not have agreed to rules that are blatantly anti-American. Our regulators should go there and say, 'If it's not in the interests of the United States, we're not doing it.'

Everything needs to work at the same time. But what keeps society vibrant permanently is jobs, industry, business, and stuff like that. It pays for everything else. If you just build affordable housing, and those people don't have jobs, it'll no longer be affordable soon. So you really have to build around the business community.

You can compromise without violating your principles, but it is nearly impossible to compromise when you turn principles into ideology.

Virtual currency, where it's called a bitcoin vs. a U.S. dollar, that's going to be stopped. No government will ever support a virtual currency that goes around borders and doesn't have the same controls. It's not going to happen.

Abraham Lincoln never denigrated, never scapegoated, never finger-pointed. And he had reason to.

Finance went from being a small business, effectively, to being a big business. In part, that's the growth of the world's wealth. That's called savings.

The goal of what Japan's central bank is doing is to create growth. If it actually creates growth, in the long run, it will lead to appreciation.