"Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter."
"We are living in a highly organized state of socialism. The state is all; the individual is of importance only as he contributes to the welfare of the state. His property is only his as the state does not need it. He must hold his life and his possessions at the call of the state."
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Source: Bernard Mannes Baruch (1970). “Baruch: My own story”
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