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 BARUCHBe quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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I made my money by selling too soon.
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Don’t try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can’t be done except by liars.
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Whatever task you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged.
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We are here today to make a choice between the quick and the dead.
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Peace is never long preserved by weight of metal or by an armament race.
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No man can humiliate me or disturb me. I won’t let him.
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The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
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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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Beware of barbers, beauticians, waiters – or anyone – bringing gifts of ‘inside’ information or tips. Don’t try to be a jack of all investment. Stick to the field you know best.
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The essence of any plan for financing old age is saving-to put aside some part of today’s earnings for the future.
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We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat.
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A man can’t retire his experience.
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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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There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
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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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