206 Quotes by Paul Wolfowitz

There's a lot of money to pay for this ... the oil revenues of that country could bring between $50 and $100 billion over the course of the next two or three years...We're dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon.

Brazil has made real progress in achieving economic stability by maintaining fiscal control, with benefits for many, including the poor. The government has shown that progress must rest on two pillars - economic discipline and a focus on important social issues.

As the program develops and the various testing activities mature, one or more aspects will inevitably bump against treaty restrictions and limitations, ... Such an event is likely to occur in months, rather than in years.

A trade agreement in Hong Kong would provide the spur for investment and economic growth that promises a lasting exit from poverty for millions, even billions, of people in developing countries.

At this point, if I were an Iraqi opposition figure, I wouldn't lay my life on the line based on the president's word.

could be hidden in a room a fraction the size of this one.

Corruption is often at the very root of why governments don't work. It weakens the systems and distorts the markets. In the end, governments and citizens will pay a price, in lower incomes, lower investment and more volatile economic swings. But when governments do work - when they tackle corruption and improve their rule of law - they can raise their national incomes by as much as four times.

Five years ago, a remarkable vision was laid out in this very hall, ... A vision which spelled progress and hope for humanity. It is time to deliver.

The scale of the disaster is so enormous that, frankly, a big part of the effort has to go to figuring what the needs really are.