Bernard Baruch

Bernard Baruch (1870-1965), full name Bernard Mannes Baruch, was a US financier and economic consultant. He was an advisor to the Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D Roosevelt. During 1918-19, he served as chairman of the War Industries Board, and in 1946, as US representative on the UN Atomic Energy Commission.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Let us not be deceived - we are today in the midst of a cold war.

- speech, April 16, 1947

• To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.

- news reports on his 85th birthday, August 20, 1955

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