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Dangerous acts can be done safely in a community which thinks and feels rightly, which would be the way to hell if they were executed by those who think and feel wrongly.

John Maynard Keynes

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Obstinacy can bring only a penalty and no reward.
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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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Finding Hands Invisible Myself Solution Trying
But the dreams of designing diplomats do not always prosper, and we must trust the future .
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In the long run we are all dead.
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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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In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic.
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Logic , like lyrical poetry , is no employment for the middle-aged.
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It is the duty of the long-term investor to endure great losses with equanimity.
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Greatness Investment Loss Responsibility
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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If we consistently act on the optimistic hypothesis, this hypothesis will tend to be realised; whilst by acting on the pessimistic hypothesis we can keep ourselves for ever in the pit of want.
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Act Consistent Optimism Realize
I believe myself to be writing a book on economic theory which will largely revolutionize – not, I suppose, at once but in the course of the next ten years – the way the world thinks about economic problems.
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I am myself impressed by the great social advantages of increasing the stock of capital until it ceases to be scarce.
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There is no harm in being sometimes wrong – especially if one is promptly found out.
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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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It is a good thing to make mistakes so long as you’re found out quickly.
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Finding Goodness Mistake Quick Yourself
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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