102 Quotes by James Wolfensohn

We are looking to put together a package which will ensure the financial pressure is relieved for the coming period.

We respect the demonstrators' right to protest, but who wins by shutting down discussion of some of the world's most pressing problems?

Unless a solution is found, we may be facing the financial collapse of the PA within two weeks.

We are also looking economically at an 8 trillion dollar economy, in the developing world growing seven to eight times in the next 50 years and the rich world 2 1/2 times. These are dramatic shifts.

So the first thing you need to do about conflict is to prevent it, and the best way of preventing it is by dealing with the question of poverty.

I was deeply concerned then, and have become more concerned since, that unless we can deal with the questions of development and the questions of poverty, there's no way that we're going to have a peaceful world for our children.

Too many of the conflicts which are caused today are caused by the problems that emerge from people who are in poverty.

The first thing that you need to deal with is the issue of equity and poverty.

The notion of the world as a village is becoming a reality.