"The future is in our hands. We are……" — James Wolfensohn
"The future is in our hands. We are not hapless bystanders. We can influence whether we have a planet of peace, social justice, equity, and growth or a planet of unbridgeable differences between peoples, wasted resources, corruption, and terror."
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James Wolfensohn
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15 Quotes by James Wolfensohn
James Wolfensohn has 15 quotes on this site.
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The issue of poverty is not a statistical issue. It is a human issue.
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What we need to do is increase the totality of money that is given to the poorest areas and then…
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I was deeply concerned then, and have become more concerned since, that unless we can deal with the questions of…
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Too many of the conflicts which are caused today are caused by the problems that emerge from people who are…
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The first thing that you need to deal with is the issue of equity and poverty.
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The notion of the world as a village is becoming a reality.
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But when someone is on a winning horse, and everything looks wonderful, it's very hard as an outsider to persuade…
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As you look at the flow of Muslim fundamentalism, or fundamentalism in various areas and various religions, they all play…
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If you have Palestinians who have no hope, who don't have a job, who've used up all their resources, the…
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We have three billion people, half the world's population today, living on less than two dollars a day.
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If you're changing the status quo, whatever move you make is disrupting something else.
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Well the specific role of the World Bank is to be ready with financial assistance immediately after this emergency takes…
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More Bystanders Quotes
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. . . [we] read in the bystander's eyes the success or failure of our own conduct.
— William James
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In reviewing the history of the English Government, its wars and its taxes, a bystander, not blinded by prejudice nor…
— Thomas Paine
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The proponents of UFOs offer up impressive quantities of principally eyewitness data, which although largely subjective and circumstantial in nature,…
— Peter Davenport
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Bring the viewer to your side, include him in your thought. He is not a bystander. You have the power…
— Dorothea Lange
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Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic act is also decent, and…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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It is very tempting to take the side of the perpetrator. All the perpetrator asks is that the bystander do…
— Judith Lewis Herman
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Never open your story with a character thinking, I advise my students. As a further precaution, don’t put a character…
— Les Standiford
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Are gun rights advocates arguing that roving gangs...shooting innocent bystanders constitutes a 'well-regulated militia'?
— Bill Hicks
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There are no bystanders in a dharmayudh - it is a holy war.
— Amish Tripathi
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Art changes posture and posture changes innocent bystanders.
— Seth Godin
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All male animals, including men, when they are in love, are apt to behave in ways that seem ludicrous to…
— Francis Galton
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There are moments in our lives when we summon the courage to make choices that go against reason, against common…
— Howard Schultz
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