Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy Quotes & Sayings

The assumption that Washington could and would resolve Lehman Brothers without a bankruptcy, as it had Bear Stearns, was the single biggest mistake in the series of mistakes in 2007 and 2008 that led to the financial panic and the ensuing epidemic of job losses. — David Malpass

A Fed loan to Lehman Brothers would not have prevented a bankruptcy. — Henry Paulson

We cannot allow the bankruptcy of a euro member state like Greece to turn into a second Lehman Brothers. — Wolfgang Schauble

I often say to entrepreneurs, 'If Lehman Brothers were Lehman Brothers & Sisters, it wouldn't have gone into bankruptcy.' — Shinzo Abe

Hey, guess what? Turns out the free market? Not so free. Wall Street was hit hard Monday when Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, Merrill Lynch was sold to Bank of America, and insurance giant AIG neared a collapse of its own. Basically, if your commercials air during golf tournaments, you're done. — Amy Poehler