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

Quote by John Maynard Keynes

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Ideas shape the course of history.

Ideas shape the course of history.

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...

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.

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...

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on...

Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on...

For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to every one...

For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to every one...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals.

The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals.

Unlike any other nation, here the people rule, and their will is the supreme law....

Unlike any other nation, here the people rule, and their will is the supreme law....

You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all...

You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all...