Paul Collier famous quotes

04-12-2025

At the core of all successful societies are procedures for blocking the advancement of bad men
-- Paul Collier

#Block #Successful #Men
Eddie Robinson is about one word: winning and losing.
-- Paul Collier

#Basketball #Winning #Losing
Poverty is not intrinsically a trap, otherwise we would all still be poor.
-- Paul Collier

#Poverty #Poor #Traps
Change in the societies at the very bottom must come predominantly from within; we cannot impose it on them.
-- Paul Collier

#Bottom
Politicians would only move beyond gestures once there was a critical mass of informed citizens.
-- Paul Collier

#Moving #Gestures #Citizens
Without an informed electorate, politicians will continue to use the bottom billion merely for photo opportunities, rather than promoting real transformation.
-- Paul Collier

#Real #Opportunity #Use
Most conduct is guided by norms rather than by laws. Norms are voluntary and are effective because they are enforced by peer pressure.
-- Paul Collier

#Law #Pressure #Peers
You are a citizen, and citizenship carries responsibilities.
-- Paul Collier

#Responsibility #Citizens #Citizenship
Elections determine who is in power, but they do not determine how power is used.
-- Paul Collier

#Election #Used #Determine
There is a simple way of avoiding excess risk-taking by the managers of our financial institutions. It is to make it a crime ... had a crime for reckless management of a financial institution been on the books, Northern Rock and RBS would not have blown up.
-- Paul Collier

#Book #Simple #Rocks
Migration has been politicized before it has been analyzed.
-- Paul Collier

#Migration

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