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

Quote by John Maynard Keynes

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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...

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.

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...

Like Odysseus, the President looked wiser when he was seated.

Like Odysseus, the President looked wiser when he was seated.

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

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...

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 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 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...

Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.

Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.

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.

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 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

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 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...

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...

A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of...

A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of...

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...