Quotes by Henry Paulson

About Henry Paulson:

Henry Merritt is an American banker who served as the 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury. He had served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs, and is now chairman of the Paulson Institute at the University of Chicago, which he founded in 2011 to promote sustainable economic growth and a cleaner environment around the world, with an initial focus on the United States and China.
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I'm a straightforward person. I like to be direct with people.

Henry Paulson

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

Henry Paulson

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.

Henry Paulson

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

Henry Paulson

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

Henry Paulson

As Americans, we shouldn't like bailouts. Where I come from, if someone takes a risk and they're going to make the profit from that risk, they shouldn't have the taxpayer pay for the losses.

Henry Paulson

If the financial system collapses, it's really, really hard to put it back together again.

Henry Paulson

Regulation needs to catch up with innovation.

Henry Paulson

One of the things I enjoy the most is fishing.

Henry Paulson

I've been through periods of stress, turbulence in the market for over the course of my career, various times, and never in any of those other periods have we had the advantage of a strong economy underpinning the markets.

Henry Paulson

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

Henry Paulson

I didn't get the charm gene.

Henry Paulson

An open, competitive, and liberalized financial market can effectively allocate scarce resources in a manner that promotes stability and prosperity far better than governmental intervention.

Henry Paulson

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

Henry Paulson

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

Henry Paulson

As a Christian Scientist, I don't go to doctors and get diagnoses.

Henry Paulson

I have always tried to live by the philosophy that when there is a big problem that needs fixing, you should run towards it, rather than away from it.

Henry Paulson

The most pressing and significant problems in the global economy are unsustainable structural issues with regard to the E.U. - fiscal deficits and the structure of the E.U. itself.

Henry Paulson

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

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Non-bank financial institutions provide credit that is essential to U.S. businesses and consumers.

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Too often, we restrict trade that would create U.S. jobs and is in our national interest.

Henry Paulson

Author Bio

  • NameHenry Paulson
  • Description74th United States Secretary of the Treasury
  • BornMarch 28, 1946
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionBanker