199 Quotes by Henry Paulson

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.

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.

In all my life, I've been trained that when there's a big problem, you run toward it.

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.

No bank should be too big or too complex to fail, but almost any bank is too big to liquidate quickly, particularly in the midst of a crisis.

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.

When companies fail, shareholders bear the losses. It's just the way our system is supposed to work.

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

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