Paul Wolfowitz Economic Quotations

We know that to arrive at these goals, there is no greater engine than the industrious and well-educated people of Iraq themselves, ... Along with our coalition partners, we would help Iraqis begin the process of economic and political reconstruction. We would assist the people of Iraq in putting their country on a path towards prosperity and freedom.

Corruption is often at the very root of why governments don't work. It weakens the systems and distorts the markets. In the end, governments and citizens will pay a price, in lower incomes, lower investment and more volatile economic swings. But when governments do work - when they tackle corruption and improve their rule of law - they can raise their national incomes by as much as four times.

A trade agreement in Hong Kong would provide the spur for investment and economic growth that promises a lasting exit from poverty for millions, even billions, of people in developing countries.

Brazil has made real progress in achieving economic stability by maintaining fiscal control, with benefits for many, including the poor. The government has shown that progress must rest on two pillars - economic discipline and a focus on important social issues.

As large as these costs are, they are still small compared to just the economic price that the attacks of September 11th inflicted, to say nothing of the terrible loss of human life, ... And even those costs are small in comparison to what future, more terrible terrorist attacks could inflict.

The mission of the World Bank is to reduce poverty and to promote economic development and that's really what I want to stress,

If you had that kind of pandemic, I don't think there is any question it could happen, the costs both in human life and in disruption of world economic activity would be very high.