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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's hard to punish and save the banks at the same time. "

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

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

" If the only way you can do well is working more hours than someone else, you're going to lose out because there's always going to be someone who is going to work more. "

" China saves too much, produces too much, sells too much to Americans and consumes too little. "

" 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. "

" Until we stem the housing correction, until the biggest part of that is behind us and we have more stability in housing prices, we're going to continue to have turmoil in the financial markets. "

" 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. "

" China has a more assertive, proactive foreign policy as its interests are growing around the world. "

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

" The idea of being Treasury secretary in the abstract appealed to me, but my initial inclination was that it wasn't right for me to take that step. "

" I hate good press, and I abhor bad press. "

" 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. "

" China and the U.S. are the two largest importers of oil. They are the two largest emitters of carbon. "

" I grew up on a working farm. It was small, a hundred acres, but we had cows and pigs and chickens and sheep and a vegetable garden. I spent hours pulling weeds, hoeing, feeding the horses, cleaning out the stalls. My dad was a tough taskmaster. I always worked, but we also had fun. "

" Size is the enemy of excellence in investment banking, particularly when you are trying to put together two different cultures. "

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

" In all my life, I've been trained that when there's a big problem, you run toward it. "

" 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. "

" 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 look forward to the day when China has a truly market-determined solution... To get there, you need to have a currency that is market-determined, an open capital market, and you are going to need a competitive, open financial system. "

" I've never been antiregulation. I've always believed that raw, unregulated capitalism doesn't work. "

" I can't help but think what would have happened if a divisive character such as Trump were president during the 2008 financial crisis, at a time when leadership, compromise, and careful analysis were critical. "

" 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. "

" 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. "