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The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.

John Maynard Keynes

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It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.
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Dangerous Evil Goodness Ideas
It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow-citizens.
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Balance Bank Better Citizenship Man
To suggest social action for the public good to the city London is like discussing The Origin of Species to a Bishop sixty years ago.
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Action Discussion Origin Public Social
It is Enterprise which build and improves the world’s possessions. If Enterprise is afoot, Wealth accumulates whatever may be happening to Thrift; and if Enterprise is asleep, Wealth decays, whatever Thrift may be doing.
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Build Enterprise Improve Possession Sleep Thrift Wealth World
For my own part, I believe that there is social and psychological justification for significant inequalities of incomes and wealth.
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Believe Income Justification Social Wealth
Nor should the argument seem strange that taxation may be so high as to defeat its object, and that, given sufficient time to gather the fruits, a reduction of taxation will run a better chance than an increase of balancing the budget.
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Argument Balance Budget Defeat Fruit Object Strange
Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all.
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Belief Benefit Capital Man Nasty Reason Work
Like all his type, Newton was wholly aloof from women.
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Scientist Type Woman
The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.
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Avoid Carry Intellectual Reward Tax
When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?
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Change Conclusion Information Yourself
Government machinery has been described as a marvelous labor saving device which enables ten men to do the work of one.
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Description Government Machine Oneself Work
There is nothing so disastrous as a rational investment policy in an irrational world.
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Disaster Investment Rational World
The markets are moved by animal spirits, and not by reason.
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Animal Market Move Reason Spirit
The forces of the nineteenth century have run their course and are exhausted.
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Course Exhaust Focus Run
Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.
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Belief Capital Goodness Greatness Man Wicket
Obstinacy can bring only a penalty and no reward.
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Obstinate Penalty Reward

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