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" 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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Henry Paulson

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" China needs a currency that reflects underlying economic fundamentals. "

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

" We must limit the perception that some institutions are either too big or too interconnected to fail. "

" I prefer to work at the policy level, on trying to fix flawed government policies. "

" 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. "

Henry Paulson

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" Illiquid asset purchases are all about capital and encouraging private capital to come in. "

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

" Payment systems are critically important for overall market stability. On a typical business day, U.S. payment and settlement systems settle transactions valued at over $13 trillion. "

" 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. "

" Xi Jinping is a very strong and ambitious leader who is looking to make a lot of changes in China. He is not looking to follow a Western model based on universal suffrage. That is for sure. "

" 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. "

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

" A single agency responsible for systemic risk would be accountable in a way that no regulator was in the run-up to the 2008 crisis. With access to all necessary information to monitor the markets, this regulator would have a better chance of identifying and limiting the impact of future speculative bubbles. "

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

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

" Let's not forget, what TARP did allowed us to move overnight and put capital into hundreds of banks, and that money came back plus $32 billion. "

" The Treasury Department has a critical role to play in helping to set the direction of a U.S. and global economy, a role that reaches back to America's founding. "

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

" I never cared about money. When I was at school, I never wanted a car. I was focused on sports, studies, camping, being outdoors. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" As the Indian government has embraced greater economic openness, the creativity and expertise of the Indian workforce has been unleashed onto the world economic stage. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" When companies fail, shareholders bear the losses. It's just the way our system is supposed to work. "

" The Chinese have done some extraordinary things in terms of the investments they've made in alternative sources of energy. "

" In China, export lobbies have fought for policies that favor their interests and limit foreign competition. "

" The Fed has neither the clear statutory authority nor the mandate to anticipate and deal with risks across our entire financial system. "