What The Leaders Are Saying

 | April 17, 2007

What The Leaders Are Saying

"People think that aging is the end of the world, that [sic] Germany's richness will go out of the door. That is simply wrong. A fall in gross domestic product is possible-but is only one scenario."
-Axel Borsch-Supan, Director, Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging, Germany

"There are some people who are old at 40. There are other people who have the same physical and mental agility at double that age [sic] that's just human nature."
-John Howard, Prime Minister, Australia

"We will make full use of the next 15 years and take effective measures to avoid the side effects of an aging population."
-Zhang Weiqing, Director of the National Population and Family Planning Commission, ChinaChiu-hung, M.D., Hong Kong Legislator, Vice Chairman of the Civic Party, China

"The British want to help people, which is fine, but in return for the help given, they demand a minimum of effort so that the person who receives from [sic] the state makes a minimum of effort to find and keep a job. The result is that there is a 4.5 percent unemployment rate in Great Britain, or half the French rate."
-Nicolas Sarkozy, French Presidential Candidate and Minister of the Interior, France