It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow-citizens.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESWhen the facts change, I change my mind.
More John Maynard Keynes Quotes
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There is nothing so disastrous as a rational investment policy in an irrational world.
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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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The introduction of a substantial Government transfer tax on all transactions might prove the most serviceable reform available,with a view to mitigating the predominance of speculation in the United States.
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It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.
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The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind.
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The key to selecting the winner isn’t choosing the face you think is the most beautiful but rather the face other people will pick
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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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Logic , like lyrical poetry , is no employment for the middle-aged.
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Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent.
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Obstinacy can bring only a penalty and no reward.
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It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.
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Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.
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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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Thus, the weight of my criticism is directed against the inadequacy of the theoretical foundations of the laissez-faire doctrine upon which I was brought up and for many years I taught
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Investing is an activity of forecasting the yield over the life of the asset; speculation is the activity of forecasting the psychology of the market.
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