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It's true that the Federal Reserve faces a lot of political pressure and is unpopular in many circles. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

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Monetary policy cannot do much about long-run growth, all we can try to do is to try to smooth out periods where the economy is depressed because of lack of demand. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

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The benefit of appointing a hawkish central banker is the increased inflation-fighting credibility that such an appointment brings. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

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The central bank needs to be able to make policy without short term political concerns. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

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The economist John Maynard Keynes said that in the long run, we are all dead. If he were around today he might say that, in the long run, we are all on Social Security and Medicare. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

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The lesson of history is that you do not get a sustained economic recovery as long as the financial system is in crisis. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

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I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts. As a matter of fact, it is not male parts, but male brains that I prefer. ↗

— Sarah Bernhardt

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It's also reflective of a young person's religion or faith in that it's highly charged with sacramental imagery and with country imagery, because I was in the seminary for so many years in the country. ↗

— Daniel Berrigan

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A lot of girls annoy me who go to university - one girl told me she was going to Oxford because it was something to do between leaving school and getting married. And I've got to pay for that being an income tax payer. ↗

— Jeffrey Bernard

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I don't remember ever being full of dislike and hatred for people, like some kids I've come across now. ↗

— Jeffrey Bernard

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