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" 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. "

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" As a steward of the U.S.economy and financial systems, the Treasury has helped lay the groundwork for the American economy to become a model of strength, flexibility, dynamism, resiliency. This is a system that generates growth, creates jobs and wealth, rewards initiative, and fosters innovation. "

" To restore confidence in our markets and our financial institutions so they can fuel continued growth and prosperity, we must address the underlying problem. The federal government must implement a program to remove these illiquid assets that are weighing down our financial institutions and threatening our economy. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" When it comes to the presidency, I will not vote for Donald Trump. "

" 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. "

" It is the policy of the federal government to use all resources at its disposal to make our financial system stronger. "

" I see nothing easy in Washington. I see either analytically simple things that are politically complex or those that are politically complex and analytically complex. I mean, look at immigration reform, you know? It is, I think, analytically easy, but politically very, very complex and very difficult. "

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

" I'm telling you that there is no silver bullet to keep home prices from going down or to prevent all foreclosures. "

" 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. "

" If the financial system collapses, it's really, really hard to put it back together again. "

" 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 got to say our banking system is a safe and a sound one. And since the days when we've had federal deposit insurance in place, we haven't had a depositor who's got less than $100,000 in an account lose a penny. So the American people can be very, very confident about their accounts in our banking system. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Prime Minister Singh is to be commended for beginning the process of transforming India into a global economic power by initiating economic liberalization in the early 1990s. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" When you're boiling in oil, in the middle of a crisis, the challenges are so consuming there is no time for anything else. "

" What began as a subprime lending problem has spread to other, less risky mortgages and contributed to excess home inventories that have pushed down home prices for responsible homeowners. "