"If you understood a business perfectly and the future of the business, you need very little in the way of a margin of safety."

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Source: Speech at Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting in 1997. Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett by Andrew Kilpatrick, Volume 2, p. 1615, 2007.

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Warren Buffett is a renowned investor and philanthropist known for his value investing philosophy and leadership at Berkshire Hathaway.

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