Martin Gilbert

Being called a sophisticated snake oil salesman was a low point in my personal career.

— Martin Gilbert

“Democracy, I say, is not based on violence or terrorism, but on reason, on fair play, on freedom, on respecting other people’s…

— Martin Gilbert

I think the asset management industry, especially in the US, is going through a pretty tough time. If you talk to the…

— Martin Gilbert

I think the issue that millennials have is that the return on asset classes such as bonds, cash, are so low now…

— Martin Gilbert

I think the sign of complacency in the stock market is when people don't worry. At the moment, everyone worries about everything.…

— Martin Gilbert

“ten thousand Soviet evacuees had been drowned off Tallinn, and twenty-three thousand Hungarian Jews murdered at Kamenets Podolsk, in the same three…

— Martin Gilbert

“In one day alone, at the end of December, as a result of frostbite, more than fourteen thousand German soldiers had been…

— Martin Gilbert

I think the economy in the US has surprised. The old adage is that if America sneezes, the rest of the world…

— Martin Gilbert

I think there are probably too many asset management companies in the world, and I think the place to be is either…

— Martin Gilbert

“national compulsory insurance for all classes for all purposes from the cradle to the grave’.”

— Martin Gilbert

Asset management CEOs globally are looking at their business models. They're looking at costs, they're looking at making their businesses more efficient,…

— Martin Gilbert

“The woman crawled on the earth, took hold of his boot and pleaded for mercy. But the soldier took the boy and…

— Martin Gilbert

I think the reason that the Trump economic agenda is beneficial is, he is doing the right things. He wants to see…

— Martin Gilbert

“Throughout June 13 Churchill worked at No. 10 Annexe on his second broadcast, helped first by his son-in-law Duncan Sandys, and then…

— Martin Gilbert

I think there are probably too many hedge fund managers in the world, as well as active fund managers. The hedge fund…

— Martin Gilbert

I think the retirement crisis globally is a major problem. I think it's especially prevalant in countries such as Japan, where immigration…

— Martin Gilbert

“Bernard Lewis, a lifelong student of Jews and Islam and himself a Jew, reflected on the fourteen centuries of Jewish life under…

— Martin Gilbert