Poverty is not intrinsically a trap, otherwise we would all still be poor.

Migration has been politicized before it has been analyzed.

Eddie Robinson is about one word: winning and losing.

Elections determine who is in power, but they do not determine how power is used.

You can tell everybody that Eddie Robinson's out looking for a job right now, and believe me, he's a great kid. He's happy and he's healthy. All he needs is a couple of weeks to regain game fitness. Put him on the court and when the game counts ... Eddie Robinson is about one word: winning and losing. He's a great athlete, and I love him to death.

Change in the societies at the very bottom must come predominantly from within; we cannot impose it on them.

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.