In middle-income countries, inequality becomes a problem because you can see there is a layer of people who are doing well, while the poor are still stuck there. We have 300 million poor in India.

Many emerging countries are facing the same issue of overheating and inflation because they have been vigorously expanding fiscal and monetary policy to counter the 2008 shock.

So much research has been done showing that the woman is the most vulnerable but also the biggest strength leading to economic progress.

People now, especially with the Internet, are connected. They have an expectation of behaviour, of accountability, avoiding conflict and fair and just competition.

People feel they are not participating in the decision-making process. Decisions are exclusive to those at the very top. You have grown up with crony capitalism and it creates ever more resentment.

I am still an Indonesian citizen.

We know we cannot achieve our twin goals of ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity without ending poverty and creating equality for women and girls.

When we rebuild a house, we are rebuilding a home. When we recover from disaster, we are rebuilding lives and livelihoods.

For at some point, each of us will be asked to embody what we feel and know.

You will send me to the asylum for the truth, I know, I know!But before, Look within your skin, Hey, can you see me there?

Today 23 years ago dear Grandmama died. I wonder what she would have thought of a Labour Government.

Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest against the government with a constant submission to it.

People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.

Well, you know, I think the American people are sacrificing now. I think they're waiting in airport lines longer than they've ever had before.

As a musician, you never understand why people connect with certain songs.

Anger assists hands however weak. [Lat., Quamlibet infirmas adjuvat ira manus.]

When you see the way things deteriorate before your very eyes. Everything running down hill. It's kind of silly to even think about youth.

We’re stuck in the middle and need to decide what kind of sport do we want to be. Either anything goes and we accept the consequences or take the next step and eliminate fighting.