Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
BERNARD BARUCHLet us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
BERNARD BARUCHApproach 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.
BERNARD BARUCHThere are no such things as incurables. There are only things for which man has not found a cure.
BERNARD BARUCHNobody ever lost money taking a profit
BERNARD BARUCHSociety 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.
BERNARD BARUCHThe terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them.
BERNARD BARUCHI have known men who could see through the motivations of others with the skill of a clairvoyant; only to prove blind to their own mistakes. I have been one of those men.
BERNARD BARUCHNo man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world.
BERNARD BARUCHThe greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
BERNARD BARUCHA dangerous fallacy is to repudiate freedom in favor of an unknown future.
BERNARD BARUCHNever pay the slightest attention to what a company president ever says about his stock.
BERNARD BARUCHMost of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
BERNARD BARUCHWe can’t cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.
BERNARD BARUCHGet to know yourself. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see. Know also when you actually have thought through to the nature of the thing with which you are dealing and when you are not thinking at all…
BERNARD BARUCHThe main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible.
BERNARD BARUCHKnowing 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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