"A Fed loan to Lehman Brothers would not……" — Henry Paulson

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

— Henry Paulson

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49 Quotes by Henry Paulson

Henry Paulson has 49 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I don't see (subprime mortgage market troubles) imposing a serious problem. I think it's going to be largely contained.
The worst is likely to be behind us
I see the underlying economy as being very healthy,
I believe that the root cause of every financial crisis, the root cause, is flawed government policies
There is no way to stabilize the markets other than through government intervention.
Even if you don't have the authorities - and frankly I didn't have the authorities for anything - if you…
An open, competitive, and liberalized financial market can effectively allocate scarce resources in a manner that promotes stability and prosperity…
Well, as you know, we're working through a difficult period in our financial markets right now as we work off…
For market discipline to constrain risk effectively, financial institutions must be allowed to fail. Under optimal financial regulatory and financial…
India is a vibrant nation whose strength lies in its commitment to equal rights and to speech, religious and economic…
I've always said, 'I don't want to be irrelevant.'
In just about every area of society, there's nothing more important than ethics.

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More Bankruptcy Quotes

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A normal way that the American free market system has worked is that we have a process of unwinding. It's… — Michele Bachmann
Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell. — Frank Borman
I can't think of another enterprise other than being a homeowner that can't have its debt restructured in bankruptcy. Corporations… — Eli Broad
They said it was impossible to touch the third rail of politics, to take on public-sector unions and to reform… — Chris Christie
His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. — Woody Allen
The immense and ever increasing sums which the state wrings from the people are never enough for it; it mortgages… — Peter Kropotkin
War is a bankruptcy of policy — Hans von Seeckt
Bankruptcy is a sacred state, a condition beyond conditions, as theologians might say, and attempts to investigate it are necessarily… — John Updike
Capitalism without failure is like religion without sin. Bankruptcies and losses concentrate the mind on prudent behavior. — Allan H. Meltzer
On one level, going bust didn't bother me. It was the 80s, and there wasn't the stigma about bankruptcy that… — Simon Cowell
When your little child tells a lie, do not rush at him as though the world were about to go… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Bankruptcy is a serious decision that people have to make. — Herb Kohl

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