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" 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. "

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" It's better to have the taxpayer pay for the losses than have the United States of America become an economic wasteland. If the financial system collapses, it's really, really hard to put it back together again. "

Henry Paulson

America

Better

Together

" Our overriding goal in restructuring our financial architecture should be that taxpayers never again have to save a failing financial institution. "

" When the economy is growing, there's a lot that can be done to deal with the deficit. "

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

Henry Paulson

Growing

Policy

" Too often, we restrict trade that would create U.S. jobs and is in our national interest. "

" I've been through periods of stress, turbulence in the market for over the course of my career, various times, and never in any of those other periods have we had the advantage of a strong economy underpinning the markets. "

" I'm a straightforward person. I like to be direct with people. "

Henry Paulson

People

Person

" Size is the enemy of excellence in investment banking, particularly when you are trying to put together two different cultures. "

" Foreclosures are a significant problem; they're an economic problem. "

" There is a time for weighing evidence and a time for acting. And if there's one thing I've learned throughout my work in finance, government, and conservation, it is to act before problems become too big to manage. "

" The income disparity is a huge issue. And I think that the only solution to this - there is no easy solution - are fundamental changes. That the world is changing quicker than our policies are changing. And we need the kinds of policies that will let us have a competitive economy going forward. "

" If AIG collapsed, it would have buckled our financial system and wrought economic havoc on the lives of millions of our citizens. "

" Xi Jinping is a very strong and ambitious leader who is looking to make a lot of changes in China. He is not looking to follow a Western model based on universal suffrage. That is for sure. "

" Until we stem the housing correction, until the biggest part of that is behind us and we have more stability in housing prices, we're going to continue to have turmoil in the financial markets. "

Henry Paulson

Behind

Going

" Frankly I'm a bit concerned when it comes to U.S.-China relations. "

" In my experience, the most effective professionals in business and government have the ability to get things done. They're trained to work with multiple stakeholders, to understand how to identify a problem, devise solutions, to compromise and work well with others. "

" I would come to New York, work, and then get out of New York. I didn't go out to dinner with other people on the Management Committee. I didn't socialize. I didn't politick. "

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

" The most pressing and significant problems in the global economy are unsustainable structural issues with regard to the E.U. - fiscal deficits and the structure of the E.U. itself. "

" The Chinese have done some extraordinary things in terms of the investments they've made in alternative sources of energy. "

" I supported some very, very objectionable things in terms of bailouts or rescues, but I did it not for Wall Street, but for the American people. "

" 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. "

" Sovereign wealth fund money should be welcomed. The only way not to welcome that money is when it's politically driven. "

" Foreclosure is to no one's benefit. I've heard estimates that mortgage investors lose 40 to 50 percent on their investment if it goes into foreclosure. "

" I was secretary of the Treasury in 2008. In that role, I had the privilege to work with many talented men and women in government and the private sector who labored to pull our nation back from the brink of disaster. "

" I do not believe the United States and the Americans are going to let Donald Trump become president... I think the challenge is Donald Trump, with his anti-China rhetoric and with his anti-trade rhetoric, is going to make the job for all of us more difficult going forward. "

" We need a new tax system. We need entitlement reform. We need immigration reform. These are not easy things. But it is going to take our political system working better. "

" 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. "

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