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Bernard Baruch
16 quotes
“America has never forgotten — and never will 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 Baruch (1870–1965) first seen 1944 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address on accepting The Churchman Award, New York (23 May 1944)
“Behind the black portent of the new atomic age lies a hope which, seized upon with faith, can work out salvation … Let us not deceive ourselves: we must elect world peace or world destruction.”
Bernard Baruch (1870–1965) first seen 1946 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (14 June 1946)
“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 (1870–1965) first seen 1946 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (14 June 1946)
“Let us not be deceived — we are today in the midst of a cold war. Our enemies are to be found abroad and at home. Let us never forget this: Our unrest is the heart of their success. The peace of the world is the hope and the goal of our political system; it is the despair and defeat of those who stand against us. We can depend only on ourselves.”
Bernard Baruch (1870–1965) first seen 1085 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech to the South Carolina Legislature, Columbia, SC (April 16, 1947); reported in Journal of the House of Representatives of the First Session of the 87th General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, p. 1085. Bar…
“Although the shooting war is over, we are in the midst of a cold war which is getting warmer.”
Bernard Baruch (1870–1965) first seen 1948 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech before the Senate’s Special Committee Investigating the National Defense Program (1948)
“Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.”
Bernard Baruch (1870–1965) first seen 1948 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Often quoted response to Igor Cassini, a popular society columnist for the New York Journal American, when asked how he handled the seating arrangements for all those who attended his dinner parties, as quoted in Shake …
“Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.”
Bernard Baruch (1870–1965) first seen 1950 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Deming Headlight (New Mexico), 6 January 1950, as cited in the Yale Book of Modern Proverbs and at There Are Opinions, And Then There Are Facts; Freakonomics blog post by Fred R. Shapiro (18 August 2011)
“There are no such things as incurable, there are only things for which man has not found a cure.”
Bernard Baruch (1870–1965) first seen 1954 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech (30 April 1954)
“To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.”
Bernard Baruch (1870–1965) first seen 1955 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his 85th birthday, as quoted in The Observer [London] (21 August 1955)
“I am quite sure that in the hereafter she will take me by the hand and lead me to my proper seat.”
Bernard Baruch (1870–1965) first seen 1955 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Regarding a childhood teacher, as quoted in News summaries (29 August 1955)
“I am interested in physical medicine because my father was. I am interested in medical research because I believe in it. I am interested in arthritis because I have it.”
Bernard Baruch (1870–1965) first seen 1959 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The New York Post (1 May 1959)
“When beggars and shoeshine boys, barbers and beauticians can tell you how to get rich it is time to remind yourself that there is no more dangerous illusion than the belief that one can get something for nothing.”
Bernard Baruch (1870–1965) first seen 1957 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Baruch: My Own Story (1957)
“Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.”
Bernard Baruch (1870–1965) first seen 1960 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Meyer Berger’s New York (1960)
“A political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still there. If they aren’t still there, he’s no longer a political leader.”
Bernard Baruch (1870–1965) first seen 1965 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in his obituary, New York Times (21 June 1965)
“I'm not smart. I try to observe. Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked why.”
Bernard Baruch (1870–1965) first seen 1965 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: New York Post (24 June 1965)
“A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.”
Bernard Baruch (1870–1965) first seen 1960 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 20,000 Quotes and Quips by Evan Esar (1968) original quote in Baruch, Bernard, The Public Years. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960, p.31.