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" I prefer to work at the policy level, on trying to fix flawed government policies. "
Henry Paulson
Fix
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" When it comes to the presidency, I will not vote for Donald Trump. "
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" Complexity and interconnectedness matter as much as size in assessing risk in banking. "
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Size
" The idea of being Treasury secretary in the abstract appealed to me, but my initial inclination was that it wasn't right for me to take that step. "
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" When you look at territorial disputes, there are good arguments on any sides. I think it's important that we don't take sides on legitimacy. "
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" Size is the enemy of excellence in investment banking, particularly when you are trying to put together two different cultures. "
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" What I've said repeatedly is, 'I think the auto industry is a very important industry.' "
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" 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. "
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Good
Beginning
People
" No matter how the financial system is set up, no matter what the economic system is, as long as you have people, you're going to have financial crises; you're going to have bubbles that manifest themselves in the financial system. "
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People
Financial
Long
" 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. "
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Never
Big
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Believe
Financial
" When companies fail, shareholders bear the losses. It's just the way our system is supposed to work. "
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" From the time the kids were in upper grade school and middle school, we took trips over the Christmas break to nature-focused places, such as the Okefenokee Swamp and Cumberland Island in Georgia; Costa Rica; Maho Bay campground in St. John, Virgin Islands; the llanos of Venezuela; the southern coast and highlands of Belize. "
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" The Fed has neither the clear statutory authority nor the mandate to anticipate and deal with risks across our entire financial system. "
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Nor
" China's growth and stability is a vital issue for all nations. "
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" 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. "
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Looking
Growth
Environmental
" I grew up with a strong set of values - and one was never judging someone by how much money they had. "
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Money
Strong
Someone
" It's hard to punish and save the banks at the same time. "
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" 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. "
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