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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America has never forgotten and will never forget the nobler things that brought her into being and that light her path the path that was entered upon only one hundred and fifty years ago.... How young she is It will be centuries before she will adopt that maturity of custom the clothing of the grave that some people believe she is already fitted for.Bernard Mannes Baruch
If you have made a mistake, cut your losses as quickly as possible.
Bernard Mannes Baruch
The sinews of war are five - men, money, materials, maintenance (food) and morale.
Bernard Mannes 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. You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation.
Bernard Mannes Baruch
A man sentenced to death obtained a reprieve by assuring the king he would teach his majestys horse to fly within the year on the condition that if he didnt succeed, he would be put to death at the end of the year. 'Within a year,' the man explained later, '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 mans. I take the long-range view.
Bernard Mannes Baruch
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 Mannes Baruch
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