Bert Lance Quotes


Folks are serious about three things: Their religion, their family and, most of all, their money.


Citations

Lance, Bert, and Bill Gilbert. The Truth of the Matter: My Life in and Out of Politics. Summit Books, 1991.

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The Barbary Pirates of Algiers, led and controlled by the Bey or Dey (king) had an incredible extortion racket going in the Mediterranean. If nations would pay them an annual sum each year, they would not attack and seize merchant ships of that country and sell the ships and goods while holding the sailors for ransom. The only thing that the Algerians seemed to be interested in was money and religion.


Bert Lance
Bert Lance
  • Born: June 3, 1931
  • Died: August 15, 2013
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Businessman

Thomas Bertram "Bert" Lance was an American businessman who served as director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Jimmy Carter in 1977. He is known mainly for resigning from the Carter administration because of a scandal during his first year in office. However, he was later cleared of all charges.