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Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring it to our shores. – Charles Caleb Colton

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Commerce is a game of skill which everyone cannot play and few can play well. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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For the past 15 years or so, British governments have tried to persuade the rest of us that the best judges of the national interest are…businessmen. This may be a ridiculous statement, but — ominously — fewer and fewer people laugh at it. – Neil Ascherson

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Members of Congress were told they could face martial law if they didnt pass the bailout bill. This will not be the last time. – James Dye

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We are enjoying sluggish times and not enjoying them very much. – George Bush

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