Our problem in money-making or government affairs is how to remain properly venturesome and experimental without making fools of ourselves.
BERNARD BARUCHIncreased wages, higher pensions, more unemployment insurance, all are of no avail if the purchasing power of money falls faster.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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A political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still there. If they arent still there, hes no longer a political leader.
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Although the shooting war is over, we are in the midst of a cold war which is getting warmer.
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Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
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“The king may die, or I may die, or the horse may die. Furthermore, in a year, who knows? Maybe the horse will learn to fly.” My philosophy is like that man’s. I take the long-range view.
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We can’t cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.
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America has never forgotten – and never will forget – the nobler things that brought her into being and that light her path…
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Beware of barbers, beauticians, waiters – or anyone – bringing gifts of ‘inside’ information or tips. Don’t try to be a jack of all investment. Stick to the field you know best.
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Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others.
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Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.
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Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except the consciousness of doing your best.
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Peace is never long preserved by weight of metal or by an armament race.
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Buy straw hats in the wintertime. Summer will surely come.
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Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see.
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Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
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So efficient are the available instruments of slavery; fingerprints, lie detectors, brain washings, gas chambers; that we shiver at the thought of political change which might put these instruments in the hands of men of hate.
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