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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“I have to get your room ready for you: to sweep and dust, to fetch and carry. How could that degrade me if it did not degrade you to have it done for you?”
—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)