Gold is a relic from a time when government’s were less trustworthy in these matters (currency debasement) than they are now.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESMost men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get older.
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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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Morally and philosophically I find myself in agreement with virtually the whole of it: and not only in agreement with it, but in deeply moved agreement.
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But the dreams of designing diplomats do not always prosper, and we must trust the future .
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But my lord, when we addressed this issue a few years ago, didn’t you argue the other side?” He said, “That’s true, but when I get more evidence I sometimes change my mind. What do you do?
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The atomic hypothesis which had worked so splendidly in Physics breaks down in Psychics.
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The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity at the Treasury.
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The principle objectives in life are love, the creation and enjoyment if aesthetic experience, the pursuit of knowledge. Love comes a long way first.
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By this means (fractional reserve banking) government may secretly and unobserved, confiscate the wealth of the people, and not one man in a million will detect the theft.
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All production is for the purpose of ultimately satisfying a consumer.
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It’s not bringing in the new ideas that’s so hard; it’s getting rid of the old ones.
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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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But 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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The businessman is only tolerable so long as his gains can be held to bear some relation to what, roughly and in some sense, his activities have contributed to society.
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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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The idea behind stamped money is sound.
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