![I think we have lost our way when people like the [board of] governors and the CEO of the NYSE fail to realize they have a duty to the rest of us to act as exemplars. You do not want your first-grade school teacher to be fornicating on the floor or drinking alcohol in the closet and, similarly, you do not want your stock exchange to be setting the wrong moral example.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-think-we-have-lost-our-way-when-people-like-the-board-of-governors-and-the-ce.jpg)
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