Everything is always decided for reasons other than the real merits of the case.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESBut whilst there may be intrinsic reasons for the scarcity of land, there are no intrinsic reasons for the scarcity of capital.
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Ideas shape the course of history.
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Conservatism leads nowhere; it satisfies no ideal.
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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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I find myself more and more relying for a solution of our problems on the invisible hand which I tried to eject from economic thinking twenty years ago.
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When I find new information I change my mind; What do you do?
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The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.
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A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.
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The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.
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Perhaps a day might come when there would be at last be enough to go round, and when posterity could enter into the enjoyment of our labors.
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Investment based on genuine long-term expectations is so difficult today as to be scarcely practicable.
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When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?
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The numeric system was invented to help man to put order in the chaos of the world.
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The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat where it belongs, and the arena of the heart and the head will be occupied or reoccupied, by our real problems – the problems of life and of human relations, of creation and behavior and religion.
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It would be foolish, in forming our expectations, to attach great weight to matters which are very uncertain.
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The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the future.
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