You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle everybody is engaged in to get better living conditions, and they are not interested too much in government.
BERNARD BARUCHOne of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament – disarmament follows peace.
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Creativity: Take the obvious, add a cupful of brains, a generous pinch of imagination, a bucketful of courage and daring, stir well and bring to a boil.
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Peace is never long preserved by weight of metal or by an armament race.
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Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked why.
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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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Anything that saps the value of savings-and inflation is the worst single threat-is the enemy of the aged and of those who expect to grow old.
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Don’t try to be a jack of all investments. Stick to the field you know best.
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We grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves.
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We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat.
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Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with.
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Vote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing.
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I’ll give you the bottom 10% and the top 10% of any move if I get to keep the middle 80%.
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One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed.
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A dangerous fallacy is to repudiate freedom in favor of an unknown future.
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If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average.
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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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Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth.
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Buy straw hats in the wintertime. Summer will surely come.
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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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Don’t pity yourself, be quick to praise, be loyal to your friends, avoid prejudices, be independent, interest yourself in politics, and read the newspapers.
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During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.
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When good news about the market hits the front page of the New York Times, sell.
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Agriculture is the greatest and fundamentally the most important of our industries. The cities are but the branches of the tree of national life, the roots of which go deeply into the land. We all flourish or decline with the farmer.
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Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.
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I made my money by selling too soon.
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Now is always the hardest time to invest.
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