You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle everybody is engaged in to get better living conditions, and they are not interested too much in government.
BERNARD BARUCHGold 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.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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Behind the black portent of the new atomic age lies a hope which, seized upon with faith, can work out salvation…
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Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.
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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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Don’t pity yourself, be quick to praise, be loyal to your friends, avoid prejudices, be independent, interest yourself in politics, and read the newspapers.
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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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When good news about the market hits the front page of the New York Times, sell.
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I never lost money by turning a profit.
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I made my money by selling too soon.
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A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
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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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In trading/ investing it’s not about how much you make, but how much you don’t lose
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I was the son of an immigrant. I experienced bigotry, intolerance and prejudice, even as so many of you have. Instead of allowing these thing to embitter me, I took them as spurs to more strenuous effort. .
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Chance sometimes opens the door, but luck belongs to the good players.
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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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Get to know yourself. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see. Know also when you actually have thought through to the nature of the thing with which you are dealing and when you are not thinking at all…
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