Quote by James Buchan
Up until the Depression, recession had a moral character: it was s

Up until the Depression, recession had a moral character: it was supposed to purge the body economic of the greed and excess that attends a business expansion. – James Buchan

Other quotes by James Buchan

Suicidal violence is not the exclusive property of the Muslim world. Suicide bombings were a tactic of nationalist struggles in 19th-century Europe and Russia, the far east during the second world war and the Vietnam war, and in modern Sri Lanka. – James Buchan

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War
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In rising financial markets, the world is forever new. The bull or optimist has no eyes for past or present, but only for the future, where streams of revenue play in his imagination. – James Buchan

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Future
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The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there is such a thing as history and that the cycle of famine and feast in commerce, first identified in antiquity and well understood in the Middle Ages, was not suddenly abolished in modern times. – James Buchan

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History
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The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time. – Henry Ford

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My philosophy is: Its none of my business what people say of me and think of me. – Anthony Hopkins

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Business

Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done. – Peter Drucker

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Business

Business can be a source of progressive change. – Jerry Greenfield

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Now learning a bit more about footballers I think what they need to do well, is someone who really wants to stay in the background and just be a strong support. – Anna Friel

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