“… I am not, and never have been, a Soviet agent.”
Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild
Letter to newspapers (1986)
Nathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild, was a senior executive with Royal Dutch Shell and N M Rothschild & Sons, an advisor to the Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher governments of the UK, as well as a member of the prominent Rothschild family. Wikipedia
“… I am not, and never have been, a Soviet agent.”
Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild
Letter to newspapers (1986)
“Sacrifice money, not principles.”
Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild
Seen attributed to Lord Victor on a meme on Facebook
“The time to buy is when there's blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own.”
Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild
A statement sometimes attributed to him, and also, more plausibly, to the first Baron Rothschild (as one of 1871); as quoted in Heads I Win, Tails I Win: Why Smart Investors Fail and How to Tilt the Odds in Your Favour (2016) by Spencer Jakab, p. 221
Variants:
When there's blood in the streets it's time to buy.
As quoted in Inside Man (2006)
Disputed