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Former United States Secretary Of The Treasury Inspirational Quotes (127)

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Never before in modern times has so much of the world been simultaneously hit by a confluence of economic and financial turmoil such as we are now living through.
Timothy Geithner
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I don't see (subprime mortgage market troubles) imposing a serious problem. I think it's going to be largely contained.
Henry Paulson
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We can get more energy out of the north slope of Alaska we have available the ability to make ourselves less dependent on those uncertain sources of supply from the Middle East. And it's important we do that.
John W. Snow
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The plausible outcomes range from the gradual and benign to the more precipitous and damaging.
Timothy Geithner
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Gentlemen prefer bonds.
Andrew Mellon
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Well, I think the best thing we can do for the short term is move good energy legislation through to the Congress I'm encouraged that there's some prospect for that now.
John W. Snow
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There are some things that you can work on immediately.
Henry Paulson
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The government can help, but we need to make this transition now to a recovery led by private investment.
Timothy Geithner
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Is it not strange that the descendants of those Pilgrim Fathers who crossed the Atlantic to preserve their own freedom of opinion have always proved themselves intolerant of the spiritual liberty of others?
William E. Simon
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Higher energy prices act like a tax. They reduce the disposable income people have available for other things after they've paid their energy bills.
John W. Snow
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We believe in a strong dollar. Chinese financial assets are very safe.
Timothy Geithner
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We do not face a choice between protecting our environment or protecting our economy. We face a choice between protecting our economy by protecting our environment - or allowing environmental havoc to create economic havoc.
Robert Rubin
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As financial markets continue to broaden and deepen, the behavior of asset prices will play an important role in the formulation of monetary policy going forward, perhaps a more important role than in the past.
Timothy Geithner
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Higher energy prices act like a tax.
John W. Snow
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I'm a straightforward person. I like to be direct with people.
Henry Paulson
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This crisis is not simply a more severe version of the usual business cycle recession, the typical downturn in which economies ultimately adjust and stabilize.
Timothy Geithner
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I think all governments engage in intelligence gathering vis-a-vis other governments.
Henry Paulson
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China needs a currency that reflects underlying economic fundamentals.
Henry Paulson
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I believe deeply that it's very important to the United States, to the economic health of the United States, that we maintain a strong dollar.
Timothy Geithner
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I believe that the root cause of every financial crisis, the root cause, is flawed government policies
Henry Paulson
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I see nothing in the present situation that is either menacing or warrants pessimism.
Andrew Mellon
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There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long, underestimate the risks, want to do too little. And it ultimately gets away from them, and they end up spending more money, causing much more damage to the economy.
Timothy Geithner
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Rigor is always appropriate when investing in markets, whatever the ultimate conclusions may be.
Robert Rubin
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Paranormal events are just edges of the infinite we 'happen' to encounter.
C. Douglas Dillon
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