Henry Paulson Quotes
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Looking ahead, while we remain cautious about the near-term operating environment, we are confident in the strength of our franchise and the firm's longer-term growth prospects.
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This acquisition highlights Goldman Sachs' strategy of expanding our electronic market-making capabilities.
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I have relied on prayer for health care all of my life.
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India is a vibrant nation whose strength lies in its commitment to equal rights and to speech, religious and economic freedoms that enrich the lives of all citizens. India is not only the world's largest democracy; it is also a secular, pluralistic society committed to inclusive growth.
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In the past, if a homeowner with a mortgage had a problem making the payment, often he'd get together with a lender and strike a deal, because foreclosures are very expensive to the lender and obviously not good for the homeowner and the community.
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Many of the Western democracies - including the U.S. - have a problem that voters want benefits they don't want to pay for.
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A single agency responsible for systemic risk would be accountable in a way that no regulator was in the run-up to the 2008 crisis. With access to all necessary information to monitor the markets, this regulator would have a better chance of identifying and limiting the impact of future speculative bubbles.
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Well, as you know, we're working through a difficult period in our financial markets right now as we work off some of the past excesses. But the American people can remain confident in the soundness and the resilience of our financial system.
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A Fed loan to Lehman Brothers would not have prevented a bankruptcy.
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Non-bank financial institutions provide credit that is essential to U.S. businesses and consumers.
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I think all governments engage in intelligence gathering vis-a-vis other governments.
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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.
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I've always said, 'I don't want to be irrelevant.'
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I'm telling you that there is no silver bullet to keep home prices from going down or to prevent all foreclosures.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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If the financial system collapses, it's really, really hard to put it back together again.
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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.
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We don't have a lot more time to deal with climate change, ... We need the right balance between regulation and market-based approaches.
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What I've said repeatedly is, 'I think the auto industry is a very important industry.'
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When the economy is growing, there's a lot that can be done to deal with the deficit.
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I'm a straightforward person. I like to be direct with people.
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Payment systems are critically important for overall market stability. On a typical business day, U.S. payment and settlement systems settle transactions valued at over $13 trillion.