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

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" I hope to help the Indian government advance their economic reform agenda, which will benefit India's citizens and the world. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Indian-Americans are physicians, engineers, CEOs, professors, teachers, entrepreneurs. They are a vital part of the United States' economic and social fabric. Because of this long history, the bonds among our people and our cultures will remain strong. "

" We don't have the necessary laws or powers to deal with failing non-bank institutions. If they're a big bank, the depositor has deposit insurance, and the regulators can wind them down without throwing them into bankruptcy. "

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

" The country is polarized. And I think part of it - it is not just social media. We get our facts from different places. People self-select with so many different cable channels and so many sources. I think that is a huge problem. "

" The cheapest and cleanest energy is the energy you don't use. "

" 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. "

" One of the most constant aspects of American life is change - and nowhere is it more evident than in our financial markets. "

" There's a great lack of financial literacy and understanding in this nation, even among college-educated people. "

" 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. "

" Taxpayer money should not have to be spent to save a misguided and mismanaged enterprise. "

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

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

" One of the things I enjoy the most is fishing. "

" 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. "

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

" When I left the Treasury, there was a poll that showed - and I don't remember the numbers exactly right - something like 90% of the people were against TARP. It prevented a disaster, but you don't get credit for a disaster that people don't see. "

" I believe some of the tensions the U.S. has had with Russia and that the Europeans have had with Russia... China is taking advantage of some of those dealings. "

" 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. "

" Many of the Western democracies - including the U.S. - have a problem that voters want benefits they don't want to pay for. "

" 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. "

" I never once considered that it was appropriate to put taxpayer money on the line in resolving Lehman Brothers. "

" In the past, if a homeowner with a mortgage had a problem making the payment, often he'd get together with a lender and strike a deal, because foreclosures are very expensive to the lender and obviously not good for the homeowner and the community. "

" I grew up on a farm - I know the smell of horse manure. It does smell better than pig manure. "

" In pursuing economic growth, India and the United States share similar values and similar challenges. We understand that the global economy is here to stay. To keep growing and leading the world in innovation and opportunity, the United States and India must trade freely, openly, and according to the principles of the global marketplace. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "