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In this theoretical system, ideally it’s illegal for anyone other than the person who’s supposed to have the private key to have it - excepting some subset of legal reasons (e.g. parents for their children). So, the only business that would be asking for people’s private keys are the kind that are already operating outside of the law.
Just went ahead and Googled it and I can find no credible source that he actually said these words at any time. So, if you’d like to bandy out that source, I think we’d all appreciate it.