Quotes of the Day
Tuesday, Oct. 07, 2008
We were faced with the real possibility that the national economy would be sucked into the global banking swell and end in national bankruptcy.
- GEIR HAARDE,
- Prime Minister of Iceland, as the government agreed on sweeping controls over the country's banking system
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