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“The word finance is a slavish word, unknown in the city-state.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
“The history of the last half-century is accordingly in large measure a history of financial titans, whose methods were not scrutinised with too much care and who were honoured in proportion as they produced the results, irrespective of the means...” Franklin D. Roosevelt, Looking Forward
“Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship; and again, who dainties love, shall beggars prove; and moreover, fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“In our view, however, derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction, carrying dangers that, while now latent, are potentially lethal.” Warren Buffett, The Essays of Warren Buffett
“In the meantime, economic powers continue to justify the current global system where priority tends to be given to speculation and the pursuit of financial gain, which fail to take the context into account, let alone the effects on human dignity...” Pope Francis, Laudato si'
“I never wanted to be in a financially vulnerable position, where I had to take a part I didn’t like.” Arnold Schwarzenegger, Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story

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