James Wolfensohn People Quotations

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

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.

What we need to do is increase the totality of money that is given to the poorest areas and then we can do more on prevention but we have crucial needs at the moment just to get people out of poverty and to get the eight hundred million people that go to bed at night hungry, give them some food and some hope.

We have three billion people, half the world's population today, living on less than two dollars a day.

Outside these walls, young people are demonstrating against globalisation, ... I believe deeply that many of them are asking legitimate questions, and I embrace the commitment of a new generation to fight poverty. I share their passion and their questioning.

We estimate that tens of thousands more children will die worldwide and some 10 million people are likely to be living below the poverty line of $1 a day because of the terrorist attacks.

What is happening outside is that people are scared -- they are afraid they may lose their jobs, ... These are legitimate fears, but the trend toward globalization is irreversible.