Angus Deaton
Angus Deaton

If poverty and underdevelopment are primarily consequences of poor institutions, then by weakening those institutions or stunting their development, large aid flows do exactly the opposite of what they are intended to do.

Anita Elberse
Anita Elberse

One problem with relying on existing concepts is that it could stifle innovation, weakening the film sector over time.

Aristide Briand
Aristide Briand

This means that the search for a formula of European cooperation in connection with the League of Nations, far from weakening the authority of this latter must and can only tend to strengthen it, for it is closely connected with its aims.

Arsene Wenger
Arsene Wenger

Maintain that motivation to go from A to B and to keep your focus on that target without any weakening. That is called tenacity; stamina in your motivation.

Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
Ashfaq Parvez Kayani

All systems in Pakistan appear to be in a haste to achieve something, which can have both positive and negative implications. Let us take a pause and examine the two fundamental questions: One, are we promoting the rule of law and the Constitution? Two, are we strengthening or weakening the institutions?

Asha Rangappa
Asha Rangappa

Russian President Vladimir Putin's traditionalist-nationalist rhetoric, which blames secularism, diversity and internationalism for the weakening of Western democracies, gives voice to the grievances that American hate groups have felt for so long.

Barney Frank
Barney Frank

What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.

Ben Bernanke
Ben Bernanke

If Australia finds it has a strong Australian dollar, and it has higher unemployment, then it would have to respond, and that would either be by increasing domestic demand or by weakening its own currency.

Bianca Jagger
Bianca Jagger

The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.

C. J. Mahaney
C. J. Mahaney

It is true that I have been studying both humility and pride for many years for the purpose of weakening pride in my own life and cultivating humility by the grace of God.