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…

Quote by John Maynard Keynes

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By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part...

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part...

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part...

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part...

Ideas shape the course of history.

Ideas shape the course of history.

The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a...

The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a...

The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones, which...

The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones, which...

It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

In the long run we are all dead.

In the long run we are all dead.

Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get...

Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get...

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most...

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most...

It would not be foolish to contemplate the possibility of a far greater progress still.

It would not be foolish to contemplate the possibility of a far greater progress still.

The decadent international but individualistic capitalism in the hands of which we found ourselves after...

The decadent international but individualistic capitalism in the hands of which we found ourselves after...

The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat...

The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat...

The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the...

The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the...

Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.

Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.

The power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas

The power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

The biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them...

The biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them...

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most...

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most...

Your belief that you can do the thing gives your thought forces their power

Your belief that you can do the thing gives your thought forces their power

In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender...

In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender...

I am not the Prime Minister of French capitalism. I am the Prime Minister of...

I am not the Prime Minister of French capitalism. I am the Prime Minister of...