Bernard Baruch
Bernard Mannes Baruch (/bəˈruːk/; August 19, 1870 – June 20, 1965) 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.
Read more about Bernard Baruch: Early Life and Education, Career, Presidential Adviser: First World War, Presidential Adviser: Second World War, Park Bench Statesman, Favorite Book, Thoroughbred Racing, Legacy and Honors, Purchase of Hobcaw Barony (Bellefield Plantation), Georgetown County, South Carolina
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“Let us not be deceived—we are today in the midst of a cold war.”
—Bernard Baruch (1870–1965)
“Such poverty as we have today in all our great cities degrades the poor, and infects with its degradation the whole neighborhood in which they live. And whatever can degrade a neighborhood can degrade a country and a continent and finally the whole civilized world, which is only a large neighborhood.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“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)