A country without engineering skill and knowledge will…

The Mississippi River will always have its own way; no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise...

— Mark Twain

The Commonwealth is a mixture of developing and developed world, in which the developed countries were very influential and their policies hold sway most…

— Mahathir Mohamad

Depopulation should be the highest priority of foreign policy towards the third world, because the US economy will require large and increasing amounts of…

— Henry A. Kissinger

My biggest frustration so far is the fact that this society has not been willing to take some basic steps to keep guns out…

— Barack Obama

A developed country is one that allows all its citizens to enjoy a free and healthy life in a safe environment

— Kofi Annan

Many people today in the developed countries are so far removed from poverty and suffering and starvation that they lack empathy for the sufferings…

— Mary Robinson

“We are now more Socialist in many ways than any other developed country outside the Communist bloc—in the size of the public sector, the…

— Keith Joseph

Obviously it's easier to grow faster when you are a less developed country than when you are where the U.S. is.

— Chris Hayes

A primary task of management in the developed countries in the decades ahead will be to make knowledge productive.

— Peter Drucker

“As I would learn later on, developed countries will always welcome the Einsteins of this world -- those individuals whose talents are already recognized…

— Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa

I think one big improvement would be if we somehow made it cheaper and easier for developing countries to learn from the sad experience…

— Thomas Pogge

Capitalism survives by forcing the majority, whom it exploits, to define their own interests as narrowly as possible. This was once achieved by extensive…

— John Berger

By creating the European Central Bank, the member states exposed their own government bonds to the risk of default. Developed countries that issue bonds…

— George Soros

We have to live with the rest of the world. And it's a mistake, in my view. Trade has generally developed in this country.…

— Warren Buffett

Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs [Less Developed Countries]?... I…

— Lawrence Summers