Torture remains unacceptable and unjustified at all times…

It's true that tribal rivalries have something to do with political instability. It's also true that those rivalries were exaggerated by colonialism. Colonialism essentially…

— Malidoma Patrice Some

Frankly speaking, we all know that provoking military and political instability, regional, and other conflicts is a helpful means of distracting the public from…

— Vladimir Putin

Look at a map of the world: the countries which do not trade much, or which trade only in oil and gas, tend to…

— Arancha Gonzalez

Investors avoid investing in a region where some elements cause political instability by their so-called movements.

— Nawaz Sharif

Abject poverty, political instability, torture, and other abuses push thousands across our border. There is not a deterrent imaginable that equals the conditions that…

— Greg Boyle

Extreme poverty is the best breeding ground on earth for disease, political instability, and terrorism.

— Jeffrey Sachs

We talk of regional conflicts, of economic and social crises, of political instability, of abuses of human rights, of racism, religious intolerance, inequalities between…

— Poul Hartling

We simply cannot afford any further delay in providing the IMF with the resources it requires to help contain the threat of further financial…

— Robert Rubin

As foreign minister of Norway, I learnt how natural changes provoked by climate change are creating new sources of political instability.

— Jonas Gahr Store

Now, here's a good question: should serious people focus on global political instability - terrorism, failing states, nuclear weapons - or should we focus…

— Van Jones

I think the place maybe to watch with the greatest worry right at the moment, and to try to help the most, may be…

— Donald Trump

“Both feared that the mechanization of stocking production would be politically destabilizing. It would throw people out of work, create unemployment and political instability,…

— Daron Acemoğlu

It is most attractive about the US to people and countries with wealth is that it can provide security, insurance really, against political instability.…

— Milton Friedman

“There are only a handful of countries that have experienced what Indonesia has endured: financial crisis, political instability, separatism, ethnic conflicts, terrorism and natural…

— SBYudhoyono

Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict.

— Kofi Annan