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

Quote by John Maynard Keynes

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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...

If I owe you a pound, I have a problem; but if I owe you...

If I owe you a pound, I have a problem; but if I owe you...

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

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 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...

The love of money as a possession - as distinguished from the love of money...

The love of money as a possession - as distinguished from the love of money...

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his...

It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his...

The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old...

The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old...

There is no harm in being sometimes wrong- especially if one is promptly found out.

There is no harm in being sometimes wrong- especially if one is promptly found out.

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...

I do not know which makes a man more conservative - to know nothing but...

I do not know which makes a man more conservative - to know nothing but...

I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal.

I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal.

In the long run we are all dead.

In the long run we are all dead.

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...

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...

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...

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...

With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution

With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution

Socialism is nothing but the capitalism of the lower classes

Socialism is nothing but the capitalism of the lower classes

Influence is no Government.

Influence is no Government.

I do not think it is an exaggeration to say history is largely a history...

I do not think it is an exaggeration to say history is largely a history...