Paul Wolfowitz Costs Quotations

As large as these costs are, they are still small compared to just the economic price that the attacks of September 11th inflicted, to say nothing of the terrible loss of human life, ... And even those costs are small in comparison to what future, more terrible terrorist attacks could inflict.

The costs are large, but it is a battle that we can win and a battle that we must win,

If you had that kind of pandemic, I don't think there is any question it could happen, the costs both in human life and in disruption of world economic activity would be very high.

In the small country of Burkina Faso, if I remember correctly, it costs 1-1/2 times per capita income to pay the license fees to start a business. That's only about US$500 but for a poor person in Burkina who is trying to start a business it's an impossible barrier.