Gold is a relic from a time when government’s were less trustworthy in these matters (currency debasement) than they are now.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESBut the dreams of designing diplomats do not always prosper, and we must trust the future .
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The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.
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The friends of gold will have to be extremely wise and moderate if they are to avoid a revolution.
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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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Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.
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It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.
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I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal.
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For my own part, I believe that there is social and psychological justification for significant inequalities of incomes and wealth.
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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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Government machinery has been described as a marvelous labor saving device which enables ten men to do the work of one.
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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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Well, when I get new information, I rethink my position. What, sir, do you do with new information?
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There is no intrinsic reason for the scarcity of capital.
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An investor who proposes to ignore near-term market fluctuations needs greater resources for safety and must not operate on so large a scale, if at all, with borrowed money.
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Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.
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Investment based on genuine long-term expectations is so difficult today as to be scarcely practicable.
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