Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent.
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.
John Maynard Keynes
Canada is a place of infinite promise. We like the people, and if one ever had to emigrate, this would be the destination, not the U.S.A. The hills, lakes and forests make it a place of peace and repose of the mind, such as one never finds in the U.S.A.
John Maynard Keynes
The biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them forget the old ones.
John Maynard Keynes
If I owe you a pound, I have a problem; but if I owe you a million, the problem is yours.
John Maynard Keynes
The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward.
John Maynard Keynes
Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get older
John Maynard Keynes
The power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas
John Maynard Keynes
The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.
John Maynard Keynes
By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.
John Maynard Keynes
A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind
John Maynard Keynes
It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow citizens.
John Maynard Keynes
The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.
John Maynard Keynes