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.
BERNARD BARUCHAmerica has never forgotten – and never will forget – the nobler things that brought her into being and that light her path…
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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Don’t try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can’t be done except by liars.
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Knowing yourself and knowing the facts, you can judge whether you can change the situation so it is more to your liking. If you cannot–or if you do not know how to improve on things–then discipline yourself to the adjustments that will be necessary.
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Society can progress if men’s labors show a profit – if they yield more than is put in. To produce at a loss must leave less for all to share.
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The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
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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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No man can humiliate me or disturb me. I won’t let him.
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The longer I operated on Wall Street the more distrustful I became of tips and inside information of every kind. Given time, I believe that inside information can break the Bank of England
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None of us can be free of conflict and woe. Even the greatest men have had to accept disappointments as their daily bread. … The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
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Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.
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Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.
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Always do one thing less than you think you can do.
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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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A dangerous fallacy is to repudiate freedom in favor of an unknown future.
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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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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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