Rick Santelli on globalization

I think it is pretty simple: globalization was deflationary.  Reversing it is the opposite.

~ Rick Santelli, CNBC, April 3, 2025

Rick Santelli on the 2010 mid-term elections

This election is not a referendum on policy, it's a restraining order.

~ Rick Santelli, as appeared on CNBC discussing Tea Party movement, November 2, 2010

Rick Santelli on the noble purpose of the Fed

I'm not going to stand here and tell you I think the Fed ought to be disbanded but I certainly think there's some middle ground between how far they've extended into the gray versus disbanding them. There's got to be something in the middle that makes more sense. I personally think this Fed's heart is in the right place but they're out of control in terms of trying to accomplish what their noble purpose is.

~Rick Santelli, CNBC's Squawk Box, October 28th, 2010

Rick Santelli on the U.S. government

Our government is a free-for-all of dumb ideas.

~ Rick Santelli, CNBC "Strategy Session," June 24, 2010