Davos 2014: Top 10 quotes of the day

Democracy creates a demand for more democracy.
Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil in her Special Address

The new currency is knowledge, not money.
Shimon Peres, President of Israel in Celebrating the Spirit of Davos

When you invest in a girl’s education, she feeds herself, her children, her community and her nation.
Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway

You can’t write a check for good governance.
Bill Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

As the US falters at home, the perception is that we falter in the world
Jane Harman, Director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in The Future of US Power

The biggest challenge we have is to modernize the institutions of the European Union
Birgitta Ohlsson, Minister for European Union Affairs of Sweden 

We need to put a price on carbon. We need to put a price on denial in politics.
Al Gore, Chairman and Founder, Generation Investment Management in Changing the Climate for Growth and Development

In many of our meetings, if you were a fly on the wall, you wouldn’t know who was an Israeli or who was a Palestinian.
Yossi Vardi, Chairman, International Technologies Ventures

Intensive, creative, strong diplomacy requires cooperation. And that is why the United States is so engaged in the Middle East, and around the world, and we will remain so
John Kerry, US Secretary of State in Special Address

Corruption does not only happen in Africa. It is easier to see corruption in developing countries, harder to see in developed markets
Oscar Onyema, Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)

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