Henry M. Paulson Jr. > Quotes

“You not only have to do the right thing. You have to look like you're doing the right thing.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr.

“I knew the move would require a sacrifice on his part.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“As we talked about the lack of options for his firm, I could see that the full impact of the crisis had settled on John.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“Worried that I’d said too much, I decided I had better get to Barney before Nancy could.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“My mind raced through dire scenarios.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“Even on the worst days, I took comfort from knowing that I was working with some of the sharpest and most creative minds in the country—men and women who had chosen public service over personal enrichment.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“In the early days, with Condi watching out for me, I was fine.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“we called for enhanced oversight of mortgage originators by federal and state authorities,”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“He told me that his differences with me weren’t personal,”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“My mother inherited her grit and determination from her own mother,”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“You need to project confidence publicly and privately.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“who have been living through this long nightmare of home foreclosures, job losses, and tight credit since the onset of the financial crisis in 2007.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“he was frustrated to have wasted so much time on Wachovia only to find that Fed assistance wasn’t available.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“My time in government had taught me that whom you work with is as important as what you do.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“In the end, they had come much further than Tim and I thought they would.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“I became close to the CEO, John Bryan, an extraordinary man whom I admired as an executive, as well as for his values:”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“I would continue to resist pressure on compensation restrictions for several days.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“This would prove helpful later when I would need to work closely with people like John”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“even though it meant leaving his family behind for six months.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“Perhaps I should have foreseen the problems ahead, but for a moment that night, as I fell asleep, I just felt good.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“The first step is to correct the obvious problems that caught us off guard five years ago.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“The sense of panic was becoming more widespread.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“you may not like the terms if you have to come back to me.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“We argued that this view was too narrow.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“I needed someone to manage the situation, but everyone seemed to shy away from it.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“Halfway through the session, I hit the wall.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“As long as there was uncertainty, clients would continue to leave Bear Stearns, reducing the value of the acquisition.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“I knew the markets were watching my every move: canceling the trip could spark rumors that might further endanger Citi.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“I know many of you strongly oppose government spending for foreclosures, and I can’t find a program that isn’t flawed,”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis

“she gave me great advice on how to relate to him, suggesting that I make sure to spend time alone with him.”
― Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System - With a Fresh Look Back Five Years After the 2008 Financial Crisis