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Bernard Baruch Politician

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Aug 19, 1870
  • Died: Jun 20, 1965

Bernard Mannes Baruch was an American financier, stock investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant. After his success in business, he devoted his time toward advising U.S. Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt on economic matters and became a philanthropist.

The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves. freedom

I made my money by selling too soon. finance

Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. failure

Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why. leadership

To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am. aging

Let us not deceive ourselves we must elect world peace or world destruction. peace

Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war. war

If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament - disarmament follows peace. history & peace

There is something about inside information which seems to paralyse a man's reasoning powers. power

Vote for the man who promises least he'll be the least disappointing. politics

In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves. freedom

A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs. the future

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With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 more views from Isadora Duncan

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The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 views from Henry Ward Beecher

58 views from Henry Ward Beecher