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

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I have relied on prayer for health care all of my life. Henry Paulson

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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. Henry Paulson

For market discipline to constrain risk effectively, financial institutions must be allowed to fail. Under optimal financial regulatory and financial system infrastructures, such a failure would not threaten the overall system. Henry Paulson

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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

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As long as I can remember, I had a strong interest in fishing, and my parents, even though they had never fished or camped, took us on canoe camping trips in the wilderness of Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada, where I could fish to my heart's content. Henry Paulson

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From the time the kids were in upper grade school and middle school, we took trips over the Christmas break to nature-focused places, such as the Okefenokee Swamp and Cumberland Island in Georgia; Costa Rica; Maho Bay campground in St. John, Virgin Islands; the llanos of Venezuela; the southern coast and highlands of Belize. Henry Paulson

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I prefer to work at the policy level, on trying to fix flawed government policies. Henry Paulson

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Every American business, from the biggest companies to small hardware companies, need money to flow through the system not only to create new jobs but to sustain existing jobs. Henry Paulson

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. Henry Paulson

An AIG failure would have been devastating to the financial system and to the economy. Henry Paulson

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I will never apologize for changing the approach or strategy when the facts change. Henry Paulson

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America is the land of opportunity. We need to be vigilant in ensuring that each and every American has the opportunity to acquire the skills to compete and to see those skills rewarded in the marketplace. Henry Paulson

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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. Henry Paulson

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The financial security of all Americans - their retirement savings, their home values, their ability to borrow for college, and opportunities for more and higher-paying jobs - depends on our ability to restore our financial institutions to sound footing. Henry Paulson

We must limit the perception that some institutions are either too big or too interconnected to fail. Henry Paulson

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The income disparity is a huge issue. And I think that the only solution to this - there is no easy solution - are fundamental changes. That the world is changing quicker than our policies are changing. And we need the kinds of policies that will let us have a competitive economy going forward. Henry Paulson

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The country is polarized. And I think part of it - it is not just social media. We get our facts from different places. People self-select with so many different cable channels and so many sources. I think that is a huge problem. Henry Paulson

I don't take lightly ever putting the taxpayer on the line to support an institution. Henry Paulson

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Xi Jinping is a very strong and ambitious leader who is looking to make a lot of changes in China. He is not looking to follow a Western model based on universal suffrage. That is for sure. Henry Paulson

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