Henry Paulson Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

“A Fed loan to Lehman Brothers would not have prevented a bankruptcy.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“U.S. exports to China have more than quintupled since China entered the WTO and have grown more quickly than imports. In fact, China is America's fastest-growing export market.”

“Anticompetitive practices hurt Chinese private firms nearly as much as foreign ones.”

“China needs a currency that reflects underlying economic fundamentals.”

“I didn't get the charm gene.”

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