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" Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth. "

Alfred Marshall

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" Inflation is taxation without legislation. "

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Straightforward

" It is common to distinguish necessaries, comforts, and luxuries; the first class including all things required to meet wants which must be satisfied, while the latter consist of things that meet wants of a less urgent character. "

Alfred Marshall

" And at a relatively early age, ten or so, I invested my first share of stock. And I used to follow, look at companies and so forth. But throughout the whole period, and indeed right through my college years, while I was involved in the stock market, always interested in finance, I never thought of it as a full-time job. "

Robert C. Merton

" I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. "

Milton Friedman

" It was not my wish to come into politics. I was not a public person; I preferred to spend my birthdays with family and friends. But the 2008 elections were fraudulent, so I decided to finance the opposition to make them stronger. "

Bidzina Ivanishvili

" But because we in the United States finance our current account deficit by borrowing in our own currency, we can move to a more competitive dollar without the adverse effects that followed currency declines in other countries. "

Martin Feldstein

" Landing a million-dollar investment for your startup is exhilarating. But as big as that number sounds, it doesn't go far. Many startups just getting off the ground won't have a CFO to monitor finances. It doesn't take much for spending to spiral out of control. "

" As much as you need to know your operations, if you don't understand the finance side and how to do the business, you're never going to be successful. So you might be the best operator or visionary, but if you don't understand the finance side... I'm successful because I know the finance side, but I also know operations; it's not an accident. "

Tilman J. Fertitta

" Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones. "

Benjamin Franklin

" The reason that minorities and women don't have a better shot at getting elected to the Senate or to statewide office is because the campaign finance rules are so skewed as to make it very difficult for non-traditional candidates to raise the money necessary to get elected. "

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" The rate of interest acts as a link between income-value and capital-value. "

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