95 Quotes by Robert Rubin

This may be the most dramatic, most complicated and most significant economic transformation in modern history.

It is very hard to leave, because I feel deeply committed, ... to this administration, to the people with whom I've worked, to the issues with respect to which so much has been accomplished. But this almost six-and-a-half years has been all consuming, and I think it is time for me to go home to New York and to do whatever I'm going to do next.

It is vitally important for Latin America, the rest of the world and the United States that the international community take all steps sensible to limit the contagion that has come from the Asian financial crisis, and helping Brazil is very important in that respect also, ... What is most important though in this instance ? is the effective implementation of a strong economic program that Brazil has announced.

That is a very substantial challenge for Japan,

I've got 11 fly rods and a lot of unread books.

It's very hard to track money in Russia, ... If Russia destabilizes, the cost to the United States is going to be vastly greater.

They can all come together and begin to feed on each other, in which case you could have a very severe and seriously threatening set of economic impacts that would create an immensely difficult problem for our economy and our political system,

The new $20 note will be an important tool against would-be counterfeiters,

As you look around the globe, it seems to me that a lot of the countries hurt by the Asian financial crises have made tremendous progress. On the other hand, in all of those countries there's a lot to do.