Government machinery has been described as a marvelous labor saving device which enables ten men to do the work of one.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESWhen I find new information I change my mind; What do you do?
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The disruptive powers of excessive national fecundity may have played a greater part in bursting the bonds of convention than either the power of ideas or the errors of autocracy.
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Everything is always decided for reasons other than the real merits of the case.
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When the final result is expected to be a compromise, it is often prudent to start from an extreme position.
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When the facts change, I change my mind.
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The idea behind stamped money is sound.
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Once doubt begins it spreads rapidly.
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I think that Capitalism, wisely managed, can probably be made more efficient for attaining economic ends than any alternative system yet in sight, but that in itself is in many ways extremely objectionable.
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The biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them forget the old ones.
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The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.
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Should government refrain from regulation (taxation), the worthlessness of the money becomes apparent and the fraud can no longer be concealed.
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Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.
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When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?
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Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion to be.
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Ideas, knowledge, art, hospitality, travel – these are things which should in their nature be international. But let goods be homespun whenever it is reasonably and conveniently possible and above all let finance be primarily national.
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Pyramid-building, earthquakes, even wars may serve to increase wealth, if the education of our statesmen on the principles of the classical economics stands in the way of anything better.
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