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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Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion...

Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion...

If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a...

If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a...

In the long run we are all dead.

In the long run we are all dead.

The disruptive powers of excessive national fecundity may have played a greater part in bursting...

The disruptive powers of excessive national fecundity may have played a greater part in bursting...

The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time...

The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time...

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.

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...

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

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...

Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent.

Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent.

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...

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.

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

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.

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...

Ideas shape the course of history.

Ideas shape the course of history.

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...

I never criticize a player until they are first convinced of my unconditional confidence in...

I never criticize a player until they are first convinced of my unconditional confidence in...

Our God and soldiers we alike adore ev'n at the brink of danger; not before:...

Our God and soldiers we alike adore ev'n at the brink of danger; not before:...

Publicity is the life of this culture - in so far as without publicity capitalism...

Publicity is the life of this culture - in so far as without publicity capitalism...