Conversation with Jean Martet (1 January 1928), Ch. 12
Clemenceau, The Events of His Life (1930)
“When a man lacks mental balance in pneumonia he is said to be delirious. When he lacks mental balance without the pneumonia, he is pronounced insane by all smart doctors.”
Fischerisms (1944)
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Source: World Commodities and World Currencies (1944), Chapter II, The Issue of Cartels, p. 21