Agriculture is the greatest and fundamentally the most important of our industries. The cities are but the branches of the tree of national life, the roots of which go deeply into the land. We all flourish or decline with the farmer. Bernard Baruch More Quotes by Bernard Baruch More Quotes From Bernard Baruch Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others. Bernard Baruch increaseeconomymen We grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves. Bernard Baruch growing-upbirthdayfunny You can overcome anything if you don't bellyache. Bernard Baruch blameovercomingcomplaining 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 Baruch politicalgovernmentstruggle America has never forgotten - and never will forget - the nobler things that brought her into being and that light her path... Bernard Baruch lightpathamerica Peace is never long preserved by weight of metal or by an armament race. Peace can be made tranquil and secure only by understanding and agreement fortified by sanctions. We must embrace international cooperation or international disintegration. 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. Bernard Baruch raceagreementlying 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 socialismdoeneeds The essence of any plan for financing old age is saving-to put aside some part of today's earnings for the future. Anything that saps the value of savings-and inflation is the worst single threat-is the enemy of the aged and of those who expect to grow old. Bernard Baruch essenceageenemy Society can progress if men's labors show a profit - if they yield more than is put in. To produce at a loss must leave less for all to share. Bernard Baruch yieldlossmen Whatever you do, do it with all your heart and soul. Bernard Baruch heart-and-soulsoulheart Although the shooting war is over, we are in the midst of a cold war which is getting warmer. Bernard Baruch coldshootingwar There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man's reasoning powers. Bernard Baruch informationpowermen The terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them. Bernard Baruch weaponrymenwar 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 individualitygovernmentpeople I have known men who could see through the motivations of others with the skill of a clairvoyant; only to prove blind to their own mistakes. I have been one of those men. Bernard Baruch motivationmistakemen 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. . Bernard Baruch effortexperienceson Our problem in money-making or government affairs is how to remain properly venturesome and experimental without making fools of ourselves. Bernard Baruch foolgovernmentbusiness Financial storm definitely passed. Bernard Baruch great-depressionstormfinancial We are here today to make a choice between the quick and the dead. Bernard Baruch choicestoday Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure. Bernard Baruch old-friendsgivingbook
