Henry Paulson Quotes

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Henry Paulson

Profession : Public Servant

Birth : March 28, 1946

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.

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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.

Henry Paulson

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.

Henry Paulson

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

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I think the Chinese are wise. After all, they know the U.S. is in a very different league than Russia. The U.S. is the major power in the world, and the US-China relationship... is very important to global stability, to sustain global economic growth.

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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.

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All of us would like to have our children and their grandchildren grow up with at least the level of prosperity that we had. In the U.S., we seem to be very selfish because the older generation is not making the sacrifices.

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A study by Treasury economists estimated that a country with a tax rate one percentage point lower than another country's attracts 3 percent more capital. It's not surprising then, that average OECD corporate tax rates have trended steadily downward.

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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.

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

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I would come to New York, work, and then get out of New York. I didn't go out to dinner with other people on the Management Committee. I didn't socialize. I didn't politick.

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

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The cheapest and cleanest energy is the energy you don't use.

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

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