We will not sacrifice our economic growth to meet emissions cuts.Arkady Dvorkovich, 8 July 2009
(who is accompanying Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the G8 summit in L'Aquila)
Updated with this reminder sent in by Andy Revkin:
The blunt truth about the politics of climate change is that no country will want to sacrifice its economy in order to meet this challenge.Tony Blair, 11/1/2005