I think all governments engage in intelligence gathering vis-a-vis other governments.

- Henry Paulson

As I talk with the Chinese on currency, I encourage them to move much more quickly with opening up their capital markets to competition, because I don't believe the world is going to give them as much time as they would like.

- Henry Paulson

Foreclosure is to no one's benefit. I've heard estimates that mortgage investors lose 40 to 50 percent on their investment if it goes into foreclosure.

- Henry Paulson

For decades, Indians have immigrated to the United States, joined our communities, and raised their families while maintaining their cultural heritage.

- Henry Paulson

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.

- Henry Paulson

India is one of the world's largest and most peaceful states with advanced nuclear technologies and has been isolated from the rest of the world on nuclear issues.

- Henry Paulson

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

- Henry Paulson

If you've got a bazooka, and people know you've got it, you may not have to take it out.

- Henry Paulson

I've never been antiregulation. I've always believed that raw, unregulated capitalism doesn't work.

- Henry Paulson

I'm telling you that there is no silver bullet to keep home prices from going down or to prevent all foreclosures.

- Henry Paulson

In China, export lobbies have fought for policies that favor their interests and limit foreign competition.

- Henry Paulson

I never once considered that it was appropriate to put taxpayer money on the line in resolving Lehman Brothers.

- Henry Paulson

Every global concern - economic, environmental or security-related - can be addressed more effectively when the U.S. and China work together.

- Henry Paulson

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

- Henry Paulson

We've had crooks from the beginning of time... it's always very interesting and troubling why good people do bad things.

- Henry Paulson

When our markets work, people throughout our economy benefit - Americans seeking to buy a car or buy a home, families borrowing to pay for college, innovators borrowing on the strength of a good idea for a new product or technology, and businesses financing investments that create new jobs.

- 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

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.

- Henry Paulson

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

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