Henry Paulson

“as far from my mind as it was from my hometown of Barrington, Illinois”

“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.”

“And I think we tend to forget how important those transactions were: the first IPO of China Mobile, or their first bank deal, or their first oil deal, PetroChina”

“It prevented a disaster, but you don’t get credit for a disaster that people don’t see.”

“It is very difficult to get our government to act on anything unless there’s an immediate crisis,”

“These challenges threaten to constrain our productive capacity and reduce future standards of living.”

“And I'm saying that's radical risk-taking, taking this cautious approach, because if you wait until you have all the facts, it will be too late.”

“Nothing is breaking our way. We can’t solve the problems of today; we need to think of tomorrow. We need to get ahead of this. It’s deepening, moving too quickly. This is the financial equivalent of war, and we’re going to need wartime powers.”