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The political problem of mankind is to combine three things: economic efficiency, social justice and individual liberty.

John Maynard Keynes

In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic.
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Gold Standard Truth
Everything is always decided for reasons other than the real merits of the case.
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Case Decision Reality Reason
When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done.
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Activity Country Development Job
Perhaps it is historically true that no order of society ever perishes save by its own hand.
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Hands History Save Society True
To our generation Einstein has been made to become a double symbol – a symbol of the mind travelling in the cold regions of space, and a symbol of the brave and generous outcast, pure in heart and cheerful of spirit.
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Brave Cheerful Generation Heart Mindset Symbol Traveling
Like all his type, Newton was wholly aloof from women.
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Scientist Type Woman
The love of money as a possession. Will be recognised for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity.
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Disgusting Love Money Possession Recognition
I believe that the future will learn more from the spirit of Gesell than from that of Marx .
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Believe Future Learning Myself
The Economic Problem, the problem of want and poverty and the economic struggle between classes and nations, is nothing but a frightful muddle, a transitory and unnecessary muddle.
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Economics Nation Necessary Poverty Problem Struggle
Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent.
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Different Education Incompetent
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
Well, when I get new information, I rethink my position. What, sir, do you do with new information?
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Information Myself Position Thinking Yourself
Canada is a place of infinite promise. We like the people, and if one ever had to emigrate, this would be the destination, not the U.S.A. The hills, lakes and forests make it a place of peace and repose of the mind, such as one never finds in the U.S.A.
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Destination Infinite Nature Peace Place Promise
I conceive, therefore, that a somewhat comprehensive socialisation of investment will prove the means of securing an approximation to full employment.
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Employment Evidence Investment Myself Social
It is a good thing to make mistakes so long as you’re found out quickly.
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Finding Goodness Mistake Quick Yourself
There is no harm in being sometimes wrong – especially if one is promptly found out.
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Finding Harm Oneself Wrong

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