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In a period scarcely twice my own lifetime it has risen from nothingness to become the world’s greatest power. It has become the ark of the covenant of freedom.

Bernard Baruch

Always do one thing less than you think you can do.
BERNARD BARUCH

Expectations Thinking Work
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.
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Communism Government Important Political Struggle
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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Anybody Consciousness Failure Mistake Nothing
What else but our own sturdy reliance on freedom can explain the unexampled record this country has made?
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Country Made Record Reliance Sturdy
Our problem in money-making or government affairs is how to remain properly venturesome and experimental without making fools of ourselves.
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Business Experiment Fool Government
It is far more difficult… to know when to sell a stock than when to buy.
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Difficult Knows Sells
Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. When hopes are soaring, I always repeat to myself that two and two still make four.
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Always Hope Investing Men Soaring Two
Peace is never long preserved by weight of metal or by an armament race.
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Agreement Lying Race
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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Country Decision Light Path Stock
Financial storm definitely passed.
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Depression Financial Great Storm
Bears don’t live on Park Avenue.
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Bears Investment Parks
Buy straw hats in the wintertime. Summer will surely come.
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Cheerful Hats Honest Skill Success Summer Wintertime
If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average.
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Cutting Loss Yield
I never lost money by turning a profit.
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Lost Lost Money Profit
Chance sometimes opens the door, but luck belongs to the good players.
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Doors Luck Player
Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can’t retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time.
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Experience Man Numbers Retirement Teacher

In a period scarcely twice my own lifetime it has risen from nothingness to become the world’s greatest power. It has become the ark of the covenant of freedom.

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