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" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" China's growth and stability is a vital issue for all nations. "

" I didn't get the charm gene. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" If you've got a bazooka, and people know you've got it, you may not have to take it out. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I've always said, 'I don't want to be irrelevant.' "

" I was secretary of the Treasury when the credit bubble burst, so I think it's fair to say that I know a little bit about risk, assessing outcomes, and problem-solving. "

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

" 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. "

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

" When the economy is growing, there's a lot that can be done to deal with the deficit. "

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

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

" 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. "