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Robert C. Solomon quotes

American Educator September 14, 1942 – January 2, 2007

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Love can be understood only "from the inside," as a language can be understood only by someone who speaks it, as a world can be understood only by someone who lives in it. Robert C. Solomon
What gives life meaning is a form of rebellion, rebellion against reason, an insistence on believing passionately what we cannot believe rationally. The meaning of life is to be found in passion—romantic passion, religious passion, passion for work and for play, passionate commitments in the face of what reason knows to be meaningless. Robert C. Solomon
To the extent that the United States has, I don't like the word hegemony, the United States has influence around the world, I don't think that's based on to any significant degree on the fact that countries use the dollar as their major reserve. Robert C. Solomon
Back in those days, in the fifties and sixties, countries had balance of payment's deficits or surpluses, those were reflected much more than today in movements of reserves among countries. Robert C. Solomon
There's a stability and growth pact which was agreed for the eleven countries which tries to limit the size of budget deficits among the eleven countries. Robert C. Solomon
The major material advantage, financial advantage from having a reserve currency is that between 200 and 300 billion dollar bills, that may be twenty, fifty, hundred dollar bills as well as ones, exist in the world - a lot of them in Russia as you all know I'm sure. Robert C. Solomon
The reserve currency role seems to add prestige to an area and some people in Europe have talked about the desirability of the euro becoming an international reserve currency. Robert C. Solomon
Robert C. Solomon quote: "The dollar went up some eighty percent in real terms as I..."
The dollar went up some eighty percent in real terms as I recall now or something like that - from '80 to '85. Robert C. Solomon
On private transactions, I'll just go very quickly now, a major difference between the United States and Euroland is that in Europe banks are much more important in financial transactions than in the United States. Robert C. Solomon
The United States as usual has a sizable deficit in the current account of its balance of payments, trade account and other current accounts, current account items. Robert C. Solomon
Another question has been raised rather widely in Europe, in Japan as well as in the United States is what, to what extent will the euro become a reserve currency. Robert C. Solomon
Robert C. Solomon quote: "In the United States, securities markets are much more..."
In the United States, securities markets are much more developed than they are in Europe. Robert C. Solomon
There has been talk in Europe about American hegemony being somehow based upon the use of the dollar in the world. I just don't see that connection at all. Robert C. Solomon
Robert C. Solomon quote: "The dollar is currently the principal reserve currency in the..."
The dollar is currently the principal reserve currency in the world. Robert C. Solomon
So if the euro, if Euroland is to become a reserve center, if the euro is to become a reserve currency, Euroland will have to have a deficit in its overall balance of payments. Robert C. Solomon

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