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All Quotes by author - Henry Paulson

" A Fed loan to Lehman Brothers would not have prevented a bankruptcy. "

" After I left Treasury, I think in some ways it was harder to sit there and be writing my book... listening to all the criticism. "

" All of us would like to have our children and their grandchildren grow up with at least the level of prosperity that we had. In the U.S., we seem to be very selfish because the older generation is not making the sacrifices. "

" America is the land of opportunity. We need to be vigilant in ensuring that each and every American has the opportunity to acquire the skills to compete and to see those skills rewarded in the marketplace. "

" An AIG failure would have been devastating to the financial system and to the economy. "

" An open, competitive, and liberalized financial market can effectively allocate scarce resources in a manner that promotes stability and prosperity far better than governmental intervention. "

" Anticompetitive practices hurt Chinese private firms nearly as much as foreign ones. "

" As a Christian Scientist, I don't go to doctors and get diagnoses. "

" As Americans, we shouldn't like bailouts. Where I come from, if someone takes a risk and they're going to make the profit from that risk, they shouldn't have the taxpayer pay for the losses. "

" As a steward of the U.S.economy and financial systems, the Treasury has helped lay the groundwork for the American economy to become a model of strength, flexibility, dynamism, resiliency. This is a system that generates growth, creates jobs and wealth, rewards initiative, and fosters innovation. "

" A single agency responsible for systemic risk would be accountable in a way that no regulator was in the run-up to the 2008 crisis. With access to all necessary information to monitor the markets, this regulator would have a better chance of identifying and limiting the impact of future speculative bubbles. "

" As I talk with the Chinese on currency, I encourage them to move much more quickly with opening up their capital markets to competition, because I don't believe the world is going to give them as much time as they would like. "

" As long as I can remember, I had a strong interest in fishing, and my parents, even though they had never fished or camped, took us on canoe camping trips in the wilderness of Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada, where I could fish to my heart's content. "

" As our relationship with China grows and matures, tensions will naturally emerge. "

" A state-based regulatory system is quite burdensome. It allows price controls to create market distortions. It can hinder development of national products and can directly impact the competitiveness of U.S. insurers. "

" As the Indian government has embraced greater economic openness, the creativity and expertise of the Indian workforce has been unleashed onto the world economic stage. "

" A study by Treasury economists estimated that a country with a tax rate one percentage point lower than another country's attracts 3 percent more capital. It's not surprising then, that average OECD corporate tax rates have trended steadily downward. "

" As we work to promote greater economic opportunity for the American people, we must always remember that the American economy is deeply integrated with the global economy. That brings challenges but even greater opportunities. "

" Buying a home today is a complex process, but that in no way excuses home buyers from their obligation for due diligence. "

" China and the U.S. are the two largest importers of oil. They are the two largest emitters of carbon. "

" China has a more assertive, proactive foreign policy as its interests are growing around the world. "

" China needs a currency that reflects underlying economic fundamentals. "

" China saves too much, produces too much, sells too much to Americans and consumes too little. "

" China's growth and stability is a vital issue for all nations. "

" Complexity and interconnectedness matter as much as size in assessing risk in banking. "

" Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity. "

" Every American business, from the biggest companies to small hardware companies, need money to flow through the system not only to create new jobs but to sustain existing jobs. "

" Every global concern - economic, environmental or security-related - can be addressed more effectively when the U.S. and China work together. "

" Every good businessman or woman carefully analyzes all the available facts before making a decision. "

" For decades, Indians have immigrated to the United States, joined our communities, and raised their families while maintaining their cultural heritage. "

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