What else but our own sturdy reliance on freedom can explain the unexampled record this country has made?
BERNARD BARUCHA man sentenced to death obtained a reprieve by assuring the king he would teach his majesty’s horse to fly within the year – on the condition that if he didn’t succeed, he would be put to death at the end of the year. “Within a year,” the man explained later.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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In trading/ investing it’s not about how much you make, but how much you don’t lose
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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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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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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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Colleges don’t teach economics properly. Unfortunately we learn little from the experience of the past.
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A man can’t retire his experience.
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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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A dangerous fallacy is to repudiate freedom in favor of an unknown future.
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Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.
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Bears don’t live on Park Avenue.
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The terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them.
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The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.
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Nobody ever lost money taking a profit
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The essence of any plan for financing old age is saving-to put aside some part of today’s earnings for the future.
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Government is not a substitute for people, but simply the instrument through which they act. And if the individual fails to do his duty as a citizen, government becomes a very deadly instrument indeed.
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