Robert Zoellick Quotes

United States, Lawyer
July 25, 1953

Robert Bruce Zoellick is an American public official and lawyer who was the eleventh president of the World Bank, a position he held from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2012. He was previously a managing director of Goldman Sachs, United States Deputy Secretary of State (resigning on July 7, 2006) and U.S. Trade Representative, from February 7, 2001 until February 22, 2005. Zoellick has been a senior fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs since ending his term with the World Bank. He is currently a Senior Counselor at Brunswick Group and non-executive Chairman of the Board of AllianceBernstein.

Corruption is a cancer that steals from the poor, eats away at governance and moral fibre and destroys trust.

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- Moral
- Cancer
- Poor
There are many roads to prosperity, but one must be taken. Inaction leads nowhere.

Robert Zoellick

Climate change policies cannot be the frosting on the cake of development; they must be baked into the recipe of growth and social development.

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In the U.S and Europe over the last year we've been focused on the prices of gasoline at the pump. While many worry about filling their gas tanks, many others around the world are struggling to fill their stomachs. And it's getting more and more difficult every day.

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- World
- Focus
- Worry
All of us make mistakes. The key is to acknowledge them, learn, and move on. The real sin is ignoring mistakes, or worse, seeking to hide them.

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- Real
- Moving
- Mistake
In London, Washington, and Paris, people talk of bonuses or no bonuses. In parts of Africa, South Asia, and Latin America, the struggle is for food or no food.

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- People
- Struggle
- Latin
The most effective executive branch officials try to help legislators develop explanations for the votes they are being asked to take.

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- Trying
- Helping
- Vote
It is vital that the World Bank Group continually challenges itself to refresh our development thinking. It is vital that a modernized multilateralism be open to new ideas.

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- World
- Ideas
- Challenges

The world is only one poor harvest away from chaos. We are so close to the edge that politically destabilising food prices could come at any time

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- World
- Poor
- Chaos
One of the challenges for sub-Saharan Africa is that markets are of modest size. This makes regional integration important.

Robert Zoellick
When I work with countries struggling to pay for budgets or finance trade deficits, I reflect on how Americans do not spend a moment considering the unique advantages of being able to issue bonds and print money freely.

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- Country
- Moments
- Struggle
Don't just analyze a problem - solve it.

Robert Zoellick
- Problem
- Solve
Private sector development and the creation of small businesses spur investment, jobs, opportunity, and hope. It empowers the market to meet local needs, whether for food, basic goods, or services.

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