HENRY PAULSON

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

The U.S. and China need to take steps - mostly individually, sometimes together - that will have the mutually beneficial effect of supporting and sustaining economic growth.

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

Too often, we restrict trade that would create U.S. jobs and is in our national interest.

I'm a straightforward person. I like to be direct with people.

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

China and the U.S. are the two largest importers of oil. They are the two largest emitters of carbon.

In just about every area of society, there's nothing more important than ethics.

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.

There is a very real danger that financial regulation will become a wolf in sheep's clothing.

I've always said, 'I don't want to be irrelevant.'

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

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.

What I've said repeatedly is, 'I think the auto industry is a very important industry.'

I didn't get the charm gene.

I always told people in the private sector, 'You can be the smartest person in the world, you can have the very best ideas, but if you can't sell them and you can't get other people to work with you, you're not going to succeed.'

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

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

Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity.

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.

Buying a home today is a complex process, but that in no way excuses home buyers from their obligation for due diligence.

U.S. exports to China have more than quintupled since China entered the WTO and have grown more quickly than imports. In fact, China is America's fastest-growing export market.

Payment systems are critically important for overall market stability. On a typical business day, U.S. payment and settlement systems settle transactions valued at over $13 trillion.

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

India is a vibrant nation whose strength lies in its commitment to equal rights and to speech, religious and economic freedoms that enrich the lives of all citizens. India is not only the world's largest democracy; it is also a secular, pluralistic society committed to inclusive growth.