Author: John Maynard Keynes

Quotes

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

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

- John Maynard Keynes

The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.

The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.

- John Maynard Keynes

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

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

- John Maynard Keynes

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.

- John Maynard Keynes

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

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

- John Maynard Keynes

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.

- John Maynard Keynes

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

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

- John Maynard Keynes

Ideas shape the course of history.

Ideas shape the course of history.

- John Maynard Keynes

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

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

- John Maynard Keynes

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