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" I think it is asking a lot for regulators to be perfect - because they won't be. "

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" The U.S. and China need to take steps - mostly individually, sometimes together - that will have the mutually beneficial effect of supporting and sustaining economic growth. "

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

" My dad was somewhat of a naturalist and used to teach us about different birds and trees. So did a fifth grade teacher who made a lasting impact on me; to this day, I remember his lessons about counting the needles on pine trees, seeing if they are twisted or straight, and about checking the tips of oak leaves to see if they are pointed or lobed. "

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

" When I worry about risks, I worry about the biggest ones, particularly those that are difficult to predict - the ones I call small but deep holes. While odds are you will avoid them, if you do fall in one, it's a long way down and nearly impossible to claw your way out. "

" I think history shows that countries have to have some kind of a threshold level of economic success before they begin to have the means and the will to focus on the environment. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We've had crooks from the beginning of time... it's always very interesting and troubling why good people do bad things. "

" I am suspicious of career engineers, people that plan it out every step of the way. "

" Predators, they're the best coal miners' canary. When they're gone, you've got a sick ecosystem. "

" For market discipline to constrain risk effectively, financial institutions must be allowed to fail. Under optimal financial regulatory and financial system infrastructures, such a failure would not threaten the overall system. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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'd have liked to have been another Faulkner, of course. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" I'll be voting for Hillary Clinton, with the hope that she can bring Americans together to do the things necessary to strengthen our economy, our environment, and our place in the world. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When you run a company, you want to hand it off in better shape than you found it. In the same way, just as we shouldn't leave our children or grandchildren with mountains of national debt and unsustainable entitlement programs, we shouldn't leave them with the economic and environmental costs of climate change. "

" India is a vibrant nation whose strength lies in its commitment to equal rights and to speech, religious and economic freedoms that enrich the lives of all citizens. India is not only the world's largest democracy; it is also a secular, pluralistic society committed to inclusive growth. "

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