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 BARUCHFinancial storm definitely passed.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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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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Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked why.
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A man can’t retire his experience.
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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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Peace can be made tranquil and secure only by understanding and agreement fortified by sanctions.
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Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see.
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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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Even when we know what is right, too often we fail to act. More often we grab greedily for the day, letting tomorrow bring what it will, putting off the unpleasant and unpopular.
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Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others.
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Become more humble as the market goes your way.
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I never lost money by turning a profit.
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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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Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.
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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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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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