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It would be foolish, in forming our expectations, to attach great weight to matters which are very uncertain.

John Maynard Keynes

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Whenever you save five shillings you put a man out of work for a day.
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The immense accumulations of fixed capital which, to the great benefit of mankind, were built up during the half century before the war, could never have come about in a Society where wealth was divided equitably.
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It is the duty of the long-term investor to endure great losses with equanimity.
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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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There is no intrinsic reason for the scarcity of capital.
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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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It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow-citizens.
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When the accumulation of wealth is no longer of high social importance, there will be great changes in the code of morals.
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Investment based on genuine long-term expectations is so difficult today as to be scarcely practicable.
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I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal.
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It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.
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Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.
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The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.
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The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the future.
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