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Top 15 James Wolfensohn Quotes (2024 Update)

James Wolfensohn Quote: “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.”

1. “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.”

— James Wolfensohn

James Wolfensohn Quote: “Ownership is a sine qua non of sustainable development.”

2. “Ownership is a sine qua non of sustainable development.”

— James Wolfensohn

James Wolfensohn Quote: “We have three billion people, half the world’s population today, living on less than two dollars a day.”

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

— James Wolfensohn

James Wolfensohn Quote: “In this time of globalization, with all its advantages, the poor are the most vulnerable to having their traditions, relationships and knowledge and skills ignored and denigrated, and experiencing development with a great sense of trauma, loss and social disconnectedness.”

4. “In this time of globalization, with all its advantages, the poor are the most vulnerable to having their traditions, relationships and knowledge and skills ignored and denigrated, and experiencing development with a great sense of trauma, loss and social disconnectedness.”

— James Wolfensohn

James Wolfensohn Quote: “The notion of the world as a village is becoming a reality.”

5. “The notion of the world as a village is becoming a reality.”

— James Wolfensohn

James Wolfensohn Quote: “If you’re changing the status quo, whatever move you make is disrupting something else.”

6. “If you’re changing the status quo, whatever move you make is disrupting something else.”

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James Wolfensohn Quote: “The issue of poverty is not a statistical issue. It is a human issue.”

7. “The issue of poverty is not a statistical issue. It is a human issue.”

— James Wolfensohn

James Wolfensohn Quote: “But when someone is on a winning horse, and everything looks wonderful, it’s very hard as an outsider to persuade them something is wrong.”

8. “But when someone is on a winning horse, and everything looks wonderful, it’s very hard as an outsider to persuade them something is wrong.”

— James Wolfensohn

James Wolfensohn Quote: “I was deeply concerned then, and have become more concerned since, that unless we can deal with the questions of development and the questions of poverty, there’s no way that we’re going to have a peaceful world for our children.”

9. “I was deeply concerned then, and have become more concerned since, that unless we can deal with the questions of development and the questions of poverty, there’s no way that we’re going to have a peaceful world for our children.”

— James Wolfensohn

James Wolfensohn Quote: “The first thing that you need to deal with is the issue of equity and poverty.”

10. “The first thing that you need to deal with is the issue of equity and poverty.”

— James Wolfensohn

James Wolfensohn Quote: “So the first thing you need to do about conflict is to prevent it, and the best way of preventing it is by dealing with the question of poverty.”

11. “So the first thing you need to do about conflict is to prevent it, and the best way of preventing it is by dealing with the question of poverty.”

— James Wolfensohn

James Wolfensohn Quote: “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.”

12. “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.”

— James Wolfensohn

James Wolfensohn Quote: “Well the specific role of the World Bank is to be ready with financial assistance immediately after this emergency takes place because you need to reconnect water, you need to reconnect power, you need roads, you need bridges, and that has to be done urgently.”

13. “Well the specific role of the World Bank is to be ready with financial assistance immediately after this emergency takes place because you need to reconnect water, you need to reconnect power, you need roads, you need bridges, and that has to be done urgently.”

— James Wolfensohn

James Wolfensohn Quote: “If you have Palestinians who have no hope, who don’t have a job, who’ve used up all their resources, the notion of getting rid of violence is a dream.”

14. “If you have Palestinians who have no hope, who don’t have a job, who’ve used up all their resources, the notion of getting rid of violence is a dream.”

— James Wolfensohn

James Wolfensohn Quote: “Too many of the conflicts which are caused today are caused by the problems that emerge from people who are in poverty.”

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

— James Wolfensohn

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