You are a citizen, and citizenship carries responsibilities.

- Paul Collier

Without an informed electorate, politicians will continue to use the bottom billion merely for photo opportunities, rather than promoting real transf…

- Paul Collier

How do we give credible hope to the billion poorest people in the world? It requires compassion to get ourselves started, and enlightened self-intere…

- Paul Collier

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

- Paul Collier

Politicians would only move beyond gestures once there was a critical mass of informed citizens.

- Paul Collier

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

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

- Paul Collier

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 n…

- Paul Collier

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

- Paul Collier