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" Large financial institutions in this country will always play a role that is essential to our economic growth. But they must only be permitted to grow and interconnect, throughout our economy, under careful oversight and with a mechanism for allowing those connections to be broken safely. "

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" There is a time for weighing evidence and a time for acting. And if there's one thing I've learned throughout my work in finance, government, and conservation, it is to act before problems become too big to manage. "

Henry Paulson

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

" I happen to think that global slowdown, the slowdown in investment, strengthening dollar probably provide more of a headwind than we get from the decline in oil prices. "

Henry Paulson

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" After I left Treasury, I think in some ways it was harder to sit there and be writing my book... listening to all the criticism. "

" America is the land of opportunity. We need to be vigilant in ensuring that each and every American has the opportunity to acquire the skills to compete and to see those skills rewarded in the marketplace. "

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

" 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

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" 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. "

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

" My focus is on the financial sector, on getting credit going, getting lending flowing. I can't imagine anything that would have a bigger stimulative impact. "

" There is a very real danger that financial regulation will become a wolf in sheep's clothing. "

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

" As we work to promote greater economic opportunity for the American people, we must always remember that the American economy is deeply integrated with the global economy. That brings challenges but even greater opportunities. "

" 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 Fed loan to Lehman Brothers would not have prevented a bankruptcy. "

" 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 financial security of all Americans - their retirement savings, their home values, their ability to borrow for college, and opportunities for more and higher-paying jobs - depends on our ability to restore our financial institutions to sound footing. "

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

" It is important that China stop its over-reliance on municipal debt to finance infrastructure. I take comfort in the fact that China's leaders understand this. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Buying a home today is a complex process, but that in no way excuses home buyers from their obligation for due diligence. "

" I always told people in the private sector, 'You can be the smartest person in the world, you can have the very best ideas, but if you can't sell them and you can't get other people to work with you, you're not going to succeed.' "

" No bank should be too big or too complex to fail, but almost any bank is too big to liquidate quickly, particularly in the midst of a crisis. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "