Alan Greenspan

Before I met Ayn Rand, I was a logical positivist, and accordingly, I didn't believe in absolutes, moral or otherwise. If I couldn't prove a proposition with facts and figures, it was without merit. ↗

— Alan Greenspan

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History has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums. ↗

— Alan Greenspan

#dealt #history #kindly #low #periods

I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well. ↗

— Alan Greenspan

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I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the big band business was fading. ↗

— Alan Greenspan

#average #band #big #big band #business

I'm not denying that monopolies are terrible things, but I am denying that it is readily easy to resolve them through legislation of that nature. ↗

— Alan Greenspan

#denying #easy #i #i am #legislation

Revolutions are something you see only in retrospect. ↗

— Alan Greenspan

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We need, in effect, to make the phantom 'lock-boxes' around the trust fund real. ↗

— Alan Greenspan

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