"The history of the last century shows, as……" — Carroll Quigley
"The history of the last century shows, as we shall see later, that the advice given to governments by bankers, like the advice they gave to industrialists, was consistently good for bankers, but was often disastrous for governments, businessmen, and the people generally."
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35 Quotes by Carroll Quigley
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There does exist and has existed for a generation, an international Anglophile network which operates, to some extent, in the…
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The Council on Foreign Relations is the American branch of a society which originated in England ... [and] ... believes…
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For the first time in its history, Western Civilization is in danger of being destroyed internally by a corrupt, criminal…
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The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other…
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The powers of financial capitalism had a far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control…
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The hope for the twentieth century rests on recognition that war and depression are man-made, and needless. They can be…
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The basis of social relationships is reciprocity: if you cooperate with others, others will cooperate with you.
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Hitler's economic revolution in Germany had reduced financial considerations to a point where they played no role in economic or…
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By the winter of 1945-1946, the Russian peoples were being warned of the dangers from the West
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Each central banksought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence…
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Inflation, especially a slow steady rise in prices, encourages producers, because it means that they can commit themselves to costs…
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I am now quite sure that Tragedy and Hope was suppressed although I do not know why or by whom
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
— Arthur Ashe
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Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.
— Lucius Accius
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If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.
— Norman Ralph Augustine
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Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man;…
— Marcus Aurelius
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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
— Marcus Aurelius
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To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
— Sri Aurobindo
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If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they…
— Teresa of Avila
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It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.
— Roger Babson
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He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but…
— Francis Bacon
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The worst men often give the best advice.
— Francis Bacon
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
— Francis Bacon
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There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there…
— Francis Bacon
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