Everyone is entitled to be wrong about their opinions, but no one has the right to be wrong about their facts.
BERNARD BARUCHGovernment 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.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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Recipe for success: Be polite, prepare yourself for whatever you are asked to do, keep yourself tidy, be cheerful, don’t be envious, be honest with yourself so you will be honest with others, be helpful, interest yourself in your job.
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Now is always the hardest time to invest.
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Whatever you do, do it with all your heart and soul.
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We grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves.
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The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.
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There are no such things as incurables. There are only things for which man has not found a cure.
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To me – old age is always ten years older than I am.
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If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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You don’t have to blow out the other person’s light to let your own shine.
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Increased wages, higher pensions, more unemployment insurance, all are of no avail if the purchasing power of money falls faster.
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Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth.
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Science has taught us how to put the atom to work. But to make it work for good instead of for evil lies in the domain dealing with the principles of human dignity. We are now facing a problem more of ethics than of physics.
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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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Bears don’t live on Park Avenue.
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Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except the consciousness of doing your best.
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