Quotes By James Wolfensohn
But when someone is on a winning horse, and everything looks wonderful, it's very hard as an outsider to persuade them something is wrong.
James Wolfensohn
As you look at the flow of Muslim fundamentalism, or fundamentalism in various areas and various religions, they all play on the people who have very little.
James Wolfensohn
Well the specific role of the World Bank is to be ready with financial assistance immediately after this emergency takes place because you need to reconnect water, you need to reconnect power, you need roads, you need bridges, and that has to be done urgently.
James Wolfensohn
We have three billion people, half the world's population today, living on less than two dollars a day.
James Wolfensohn
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.
James Wolfensohn