"In finance everything that is agreeable is..." - Quote by Winston Churchill
In finance everything that is agreeable is unsoundand everything that is sound is disagreeable.
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“There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human, are created, strengthened and maintained.”
“If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.”
“I let the argument rip healthily between the departments. This is a very good way to finding out the truth.”
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“Every time somebody has thought of relief for the farmer it has been to make it so he could borrow more money. What he needs is some way to pay back. Not some way to borrow more.”
“The crime of taxation is not in the taking it, it's in the way that it's spent.”
“Even when you make a tax form out on the level, you don't know when it's through if you are a crook or a martyr.”
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“You can only confiscate the wealth that exists at a given moment. You cannot confiscate future wealth - and that future wealth is less likely to be produced when people see that it is going to be confiscated.”
“The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is, unless business needs government aid.”
“I am not an economist. I am an honest man!”