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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.

Bernard Baruch

Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.
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People Praise Quick
The terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them.
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Men War Weaponry
There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
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Information Men Power Reasoning
We are living in a highly organized state of socialism. The state is all; the individual is of importance only as he contributes to the welfare of the state. His property is only his as the state does not need it. He must hold his life and his possessions at the call of the state.
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Contribute Needs Socialism
Never pay the slightest attention to what a company president ever says about his stock.
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Attention Pay President
Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked why.
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Inspirational Leadership Teacher
To me – old age is always ten years older than I am.
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Age Birthday Years
Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
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Destruction Peace War World
Two things are bad for the heart – running up stairs and running down people.
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Heart People Running Thing
Gold has worked down from Alexander’s time… When something holds good for two thousand years I do not believe it can be so because of prejudice or mistaken theory.
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Believe Mistaken Something Two Years
I made my money by selling too soon.
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Business Finance Selling
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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Art Disappointment Lying
I never lost money by turning a profit.
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Lost Lost Money Profit
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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Hammers Nails Political
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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Believe Country Information Wall
“The king may die, or I may die, or the horse may die. Furthermore, in a year, who knows? Maybe the horse will learn to fly.” My philosophy is like that man’s. I take the long-range view.
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Die Furthermore Horse King Learn Philosophy

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