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I do not know which makes a man more conservative – to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past.

John Maynard Keynes

But the dreams of designing diplomats do not always prosper, and we must trust the future .
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Design Dream Future Prosper Trust
The important thing for Government is not to do things which individuals are doing already, and to do them a little better or a little worse; but to do those things which at present are not done at all.
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Better Government Important Individual Present Worst
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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Land Reason Scarcity
The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.
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Envelope Future Ignorance Object Ourselves Skills Social
For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to every one that fair is foul and foul is fair; for foul is useful and fair is not. Avarice and usury and precaution must be our gods for a little longer still.
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Fair God Oneself Pretend Soul
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
It would not be foolish to contemplate the possibility of a far greater progress still.
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Foolish Greatness Possible Progress
Economics is a very dangerous science.
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Dangerous Economics Science
The expected never happens; it is the unexpected always.
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Expectation Inspirational Miracle Motivational
There is no harm in being sometimes wrong – especially if one is promptly found out.
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Finding Harm Oneself Wrong
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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Criticism Foundation Inadequate Weight
If human nature felt no temptation to take a chance there might not be much investment merely as a result of cold calculation.
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Calculation Human Nature Result Temptation
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
One’s knowledge and experience are definitely limited and there are seldom more than two or three enterprises at any given time in which I personally feel myself entitled to put full confidence.
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Confidence Enterprise Experience Knowledge Personal
It’s not bringing in the new ideas that’s so hard; it’s getting rid of the old ones.
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Hard Ideas Old Oneself
The idea behind stamped money is sound.
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Ideas Money Sound Stamp

I do not know which makes a man more conservative – to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past.

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