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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

Approach 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 BARUCH

Change Grappled Problem Reality Truth
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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Available Detector Fingerprint Hate Instruments Lying Men Shiver Washing
Only liars manage to always be out during bad times and in during good times.
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Good Liars Times Timing
Never follow the crowd.
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Inspirational Self Esteem Self Respect
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.
BERNARD BARUCH

Contribute Needs Socialism
Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.
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Action Error Life Motivational Private
The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible.
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Funny Humor Men
Whatever you do, do it with all your heart and soul.
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Heart Soul Whatever
I’ll give you the bottom 10% and the top 10% of any move if I get to keep the middle 80%.
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Giving Keep Middle Moving Top
Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly on the ventures where he is wrong.
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Being Fortune Quickly Right Sense Wrong
The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.
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Communication Ideas Important
A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
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Business Future Men
Become more humble as the market goes your way.
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Humble Market More Way
Never pay the slightest attention to what a company president ever says about his stock.
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Attention Pay President
Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.
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Cold Deceived Midst Today War
Whatever task you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged.
BERNARD BARUCH

Heart Love Mistake Task Undertake

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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