If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.


Baruch Spinoza

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There are no such things as incurable s. There are only things for which man has not found a cure.
BERNARD BARUCH
Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed ...
BERNARD BARUCH
No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world.
BERNARD BARUCH
I am quite sure that in the hereafter she will take me by the hand and lead me to my proper seat.
BERNARD BARUCH
If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarma...
BERNARD BARUCH
Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your faili...
BERNARD BARUCH
Every man has a right to be wrong in his opinions. But no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.
BERNARD BARUCH
Gold has worked down from Alexander's time... When something holds good for two thousand years I do ...
BERNARD BARUCH
The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the...
BERNARD BARUCH
In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
BERNARD BARUCH
Two things are bad for the heart -- running up stairs and running down people.
BERNARD BARUCH
Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars.
BERNARD BARUCH
When beggars and shoeshine boys, barbers and beauticians can tell you how to get rich it is time to ...
BERNARD BARUCH
Bears don't live on Park Avenue.
BERNARD BARUCH
If you get all the facts, your judgment can be right; if you don't get all the facts, it can't be ri...
BERNARD BARUCH
Nobody ever lost money taking a profit.
BERNARD BARUCH
Take the obvious, add a cupful of brains, a generous pinch of imagination, a bucketful of courage an...
BERNARD BARUCH
A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
BERNARD BARUCH
In America, if you put your mind to it you can have anything you want. You just can't have everythin...
BERNARD BARUCH
The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.
BERNARD BARUCH
Every man has a right to be wrong in his opinions. But no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.
BERNARD BARUCH
Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use i...
BERNARD BARUCH
Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.
BERNARD BARUCH
To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.
BERNARD BARUCH
One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before ...
BERNARD BARUCH
Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
BERNARD BARUCH
I made my money by selling too soon.
BERNARD BARUCH
Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own f...
BERNARD BARUCH
Effects of Fear and Anger on Perceived Risks of Terrorism. People want to be treated as adults. They...
BARUCH FISCHHOFF
With things of a human origin, it's harder to objectively figure out the probabilities. To the best ...
BARUCH FISCHHOFF
This is a case where they did an exceptionally good job on the natural science and a really poor job...
BARUCH FISCHHOFF
I don't know if the learning is as systematic as it needs to be.
BARUCH FISCHHOFF
Are we prepared to lose a major city every year? ... It's cowardice not to ask the question and cowa...
BARUCH FISCHHOFF
I don't see anybody talking in terms of shame. I don't see any soul-searching.
BARUCH FISCHHOFF
The medical experts' estimates suggest this is a bigger risk than anything else we are facing.
BARUCH FISCHHOFF