Cause and effect, the riddle of all

“Cause and effect, the riddle of all history, is a particular devil in financial history; and never more so than today, where entire classes of security are collapsing not on public exchanges and stock-tickers but because there are no markets to establish prices this side of nothing.”

— James Buchan

Author: James Buchan
Category: history
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Sometimes it is said that man cannot

“Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.”

— Thomas Jefferson

Author: Thomas Jefferson
Category: history
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The U.S. government knew that China wanted

“The U.S. government knew that China wanted to acquire sensitive U.S. technology, and instead of implementing a policy to prevent them from acquiring the information, the government all but gave them an invitation to take our equipment and designs.”

— Charles Foster Bass

Author: Charles Foster Bass
Category: technology
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