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James Buchan Quotes: "By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors."

By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.



James Buchan Quotes: "Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue."

Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue.




James Buchan Quotes: "Financial crises are like fireworks: they illuminate the sky even as they go pop."

Financial crises are like fireworks: they illuminate the sky even as they go pop.



James Buchan Quotes: "A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to human existence as water."

A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to human existence as water.




James Buchan Quotes: "Since the attack on the United States on September 11 2001, and the US retaliation in Afghanistan and Iraq, there must be few people who have not felt a twinge of nostalgia for the cold war."

Since the attack on the United States on September 11 2001, and the US retaliation in Afghanistan and Iraq, there must be few people who have not felt a twinge of nostalgia for the cold war.



James Buchan Quotes: "Economists, like royal children, are not punished for their errors."

Economists, like royal children, are not punished for their errors.



James Buchan Quotes: "Losing your capital is like losing your trousers. It is a real humiliation, and one not to be soon repeated."

Losing your capital is like losing your trousers. It is a real humiliation, and one not to be soon repeated.




James Buchan Quotes: "Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice."

Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice.



James Buchan Quotes: "Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think they're fine fellows and don't need to explain themselves."

Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think they're fine fellows and don't need to explain themselves.



James Buchan Quotes: "The world survived the fall of the Roman empire and will no doubt outlast our own so much more splendid civilisation."

The world survived the fall of the Roman empire and will no doubt outlast our own so much more splendid civilisation.



James Buchan Quotes: "Profits in business always depend on the rate of interest: the higher the interest, the higher the rate of profit required."

Profits in business always depend on the rate of interest: the higher the interest, the higher the rate of profit required.



James Buchan Quotes: "All UK nuclear power stations should be shut down without delay."

All UK nuclear power stations should be shut down without delay.




James Buchan Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "The world dominion of western thought, forms of organisation, technology and military force is not God-given, nor eternal, nor greatly appreciated by the rest of the world."

The world dominion of western thought, forms of organisation, technology and military force is not God-given, nor eternal, nor greatly appreciated by the rest of the world.



James Buchan Quotes: "Any new financial order for the world must tackle the three chief challenges of our age."

Any new financial order for the world must tackle the three chief challenges of our age.



James Buchan Quotes: "Almost all novels are improved by cutting from the top. On their first pages, authors parade those favourite effects which disgust the impartial reader."

Almost all novels are improved by cutting from the top. On their first pages, authors parade those favourite effects which disgust the impartial reader.



James Buchan Quotes: "Liberty in Islam is the liberty to be a Muslim, democracy likewise, individualism likewise."

Liberty in Islam is the liberty to be a Muslim, democracy likewise, individualism likewise.



James Buchan Quotes: "Life without oil, in fact, would be so different that it is frightening to contemplate. We are addicted, and it is no comfortable addiction."

Life without oil, in fact, would be so different that it is frightening to contemplate. We are addicted, and it is no comfortable addiction.



James Buchan Quotes: "We generally write best of what we ourselves have seen."

We generally write best of what we ourselves have seen.



James Buchan Quotes: "Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their corpulent princes."

Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their corpulent princes.



James Buchan Quotes: "The dividing line between wish and need was never clear."

The dividing line between wish and need was never clear.



James Buchan Quotes: "One of the admirable features of British novelists is that they have no scruple about setting their stories in foreign settings with wholly foreign personnel."

One of the admirable features of British novelists is that they have no scruple about setting their stories in foreign settings with wholly foreign personnel.



James Buchan Quotes: "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."

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.