Henry Paulson

One of the things I enjoy the most is fishing.

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.

A Fed loan to Lehman Brothers would not have prevented a bankruptcy.

I think the Chinese are wise. After all, they know the U.S. is in a very different league than Russia. The U.S. is the major power in the world, and the US-China relationship... is very important to global stability, to sustain global economic growth.

As our relationship with China grows and matures, tensions will naturally emerge.

My dad was somewhat of a naturalist and used to teach us about different birds and trees. So did a fifth grade teacher who made a lasting impact on me; to this day, I remember his lessons about counting the needles on pine trees, seeing if they are twisted or straight, and about checking the tips of oak leaves to see if they are pointed or lobed.

Anticompetitive practices hurt Chinese private firms nearly as much as foreign ones.

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

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

One of the most constant aspects of American life is change - and nowhere is it more evident than in our financial markets.

The Fed has neither the clear statutory authority nor the mandate to anticipate and deal with risks across our entire financial system.

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.