Bernard Mannes Baruch

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.”
• “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.”
• “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.”
• “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.”
• “Although the shooting war is over, we are in the midst of a cold war which is getting warmer.”
• “Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.”

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Key facts

Born

Bernard Mannes Baruch , ( 1870-08-19 ) August 19, 1870, Camden, South Carolina , U.S.

Died

June 20, 1965 (1965-06-20) (aged 94), New York City, U.S.

Alma mater

City College of New York (BA)

Occupations

Financier stock investor statesman political consultant

Spouse

Annie Griffin ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1897 ) ​

Children

3, including Belle W.

Father

Simon Baruch

Honors

Bernard Baruch Handicap at Saratoga Race Course

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