The problem of how we finance the welfare state should not obscure a separate issue: if each person thinks he has an inalienable right to welfare, no matter what happens to the world, thats not equity, its just creating a society where you cant ask anything of people. – Jacques Delors
We have to struggle against the conservatives from all sides, not only the right-wingers, but also the left-wing conservatives who dont want to change anything. – Jacques Delors
The confidence is really driven by the woman – whether she can have the confidence that there will be enough earning or income to finance all the domestic spending – but also by the middle-income class, which for many Asian countries has become the growth power for the economy. – Sri Mulyani Indrawati
The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: they lull a people imperceptibly into the habit of loving, respecting, and serving his successor, whoever that successor may be, no matter how wicked or stupid. – Denis Diderot