US Presidency
2010

For in taking up this debate, in figuring out how to apply well worn principles with each new age, we ensure that we don't tip too far one way or the other that our democracy remains as dynamic and our economy remains as dynamic as it has in the past. So, yes, this debate can be contentious. It can be heated. But in the end it serves only to make our country stronger. It has allowed us to adapt and to thrive. And I read a report recently that I think fairly illustrates this point. It's from Time Magazine. I am going to quote: Through the great banking houses of Manhattan last week ran wild eyed alarm. Big bankers stared at one another in anger and astonishment. A bill just passed.. would rivet upon their institutions what they considered a monstrous system.. such a system, they felt, would not only rob them of their pride of profession but would reduce all in 1881. banking to its lowest level. That appeared in Time Magazine in June of 1933.