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" 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. "

Henry Paulson

Government

Stage

World

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" I think all governments engage in intelligence gathering vis-a-vis other governments. "

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" I grew up on a working farm. It was small, a hundred acres, but we had cows and pigs and chickens and sheep and a vegetable garden. I spent hours pulling weeds, hoeing, feeding the horses, cleaning out the stalls. My dad was a tough taskmaster. I always worked, but we also had fun. "

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

" Moral hazard is something I don't take lightly. "

" I know the automakers are important to the United States. We care about the automobile industry. "

" I have always tried to live by the philosophy that when there is a big problem that needs fixing, you should run towards it, rather than away from it. "

" My preference is for the Federal Reserve to be the systemic risk regulator, because the responsibility for identifying and limiting potential problems is a natural complement to its role in monetary policy. "

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

Henry Paulson

Growing

Policy

" When you have a big, ugly problem, there's never going to be a neat, elegant solution that is totally painless or without a cost. "

" I hate good press, and I abhor bad press. "

" 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. "

" I grew up with a strong set of values - and one was never judging someone by how much money they had. "

" What I've said repeatedly is, 'I think the auto industry is a very important industry.' "

" If a financial institution has business operations in the United States, hires people in the United States, if they are clogged with illiquid assets, they have the same impact on the American people as any other institution. "

" I don't take lightly ever putting the taxpayer on the line to support an institution. "

" From the beginning of time, we've had financial crises. People always blame the banks and for good reason. When you look for the root causes, they're almost always failed government policies. "

" Let's not forget, what TARP did allowed us to move overnight and put capital into hundreds of banks, and that money came back plus $32 billion. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I have relied on prayer for health care all of my life. "

" I've always said to everyone that ever worked for me, if you get too dug in on a position, the facts change, and you don't change to adapt to the facts, you will never be successful. "

Henry Paulson

Change

Facts

" 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. "

Henry Paulson

Risk

Pay

" 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. "

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

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