Francis Fukuyama Trust Quotes

#1. Any economic network is largely dependent on trust if it is to function well. As economists put it, a high degree of trust lowers the costs of transactions and compensates for a lack of information. According to the American philosopher Francis Fukuyama, trust is a key prerequisite for prosperity.

Daniel Ammann

#2. The rule of law is critical for economic development; without clear property rights and contract enforcement, it is difficult for businesses to break out of small circles of trust.

Francis Fukuyama

#3. If people who have to work together in an enterprise trust one another it is because they are all operating to a common set of ethical norms ... such a society will be better able to innovate ... since the high degree of trust will permit a wide variety of social relationships to emerge ...

Francis Fukuyama

#4. Change is the law of life.

John F. Kennedy

#5. I love working with actors. I grew up with a lot of actors. All my friends are actors. I love that process.

Colin Hanks

#6. Baby," I said, smiling until I felt my face might snap in two, "I'm a sure thing tonight.

C.D. Reiss

#7. The greatest service we can provide to others in this life, beginning with those of our own family, is to bring them to Christ.

D. Todd Christofferson

#8. I THE IDEA OF TRUST The Improbable Power of Culture in the Making of Economic Society

Francis Fukuyama

#9. I doubt that pornography has been good for the advancement of society, but I suspect it's done wonders for the advancement of computer technology.

Chuck Klosterman

#10. Erik: Are you very tired?
Christine: Oh, tonight I gave you my soul, and I am dead.
Erik: Your soul is a beautiful thing, child. No emperor received so fair a gift. The angels wept to-night.

Gaston Leroux

#11. If networks are to be more efficient ... this will come about only on the basis of a high level of trust and the existence of shared norms of ethical behavior between network members

Francis Fukuyama