"I am confident that there are hedge funds, banks or investment companies that could allocate five percent of their portfolios for risky investments. In any event, for countries like Afghanistan the formation of an entrepreneurial class is of vital importance."

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Ahmed Rashid

#Country Quotes #Investment Quotes #Entrepreneurial Quotes

“Down through the centuries, the Church has carefully preserved, protected, and defended its Marian teachings, because to give them up would be to give up the gospel.”
“The reasons for legal intervention in favour of children apply not less strongly to the case of those unfortunate slaves and victims of the most brutal part of mankind - the lower animals.”
“There's no "right way" to garden, only what suits each person and place.”
“A trial is still an ordeal by battle. For the broadsword there is the weight of evidence; for the battle-ax the force of logic; for the sharp spear, the blazing gleam of truth; for the rapier, the quick and flashing knife of wit.”
“I understand very well that politicians always have to bridge the gap until the next election, even if long-term dangers increase as a result. But as an economist, my time horizon is longer.”

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“We need to be calling out the flaws and misguided decisions of the Democrats in Congress and the Obama administration.”

Source : "Pawlenty: GOP surge if health plan fails" by Andy Barr, www.politico.com. August 14, 2009.
“It was the first airplane . . . that could make money just by hauling passengers.”
“I had brought up from Chile a contract agent whose cover was that of a newspaper publisher in Santiago, a young, very talented man, named Dave Phillips, who later on carved quite a career for himself in the agency.”

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