John Maynard Keynes quotes

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward. (John Maynard Keynes)
The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones. View quote
John Maynard Keynes
I do not know which makes a man more conservative - to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past. View quote
John Maynard Keynes
Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead. View quote
John Maynard Keynes
Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others. View quote
John Maynard Keynes
Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking. View quote
John Maynard Keynes
Ideas shape the course of history. View quote
John Maynard Keynes
Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent. View quote
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. View quote
John Maynard Keynes
If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid. View quote
John Maynard Keynes
The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat where it belongs, and the arena of the heart and the head will be occupied or reoccupied, by our real problems - the problems of life and of human relations, of creation and behaviour and religion. (John Maynard Keynes)
I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal. View quote
John Maynard Keynes
A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind. View quote
John Maynard Keynes
Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own. View quote
John Maynard Keynes
The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind. View quote
John Maynard Keynes
If we aim deliberately at the impoverishment of Central Europe, vengeance, I dare predict, will not limp. View quote
John Maynard Keynes
Whenever you save five shillings you put a man out of work for a day. View quote
John Maynard Keynes
But the dreams of designing diplomats do not always prosper, and we must trust the future. View quote
John Maynard Keynes
The political problem of mankind is to combine three things: economic efficiency, social justice and individual liberty. View quote
John Maynard Keynes
It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong. View quote
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)
The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones, which ramify, for those brought up as most of us have been, into every corner of our minds. View quote
John Maynard Keynes
In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic. View quote
John Maynard Keynes
Men will not always die quietly. View quote
John Maynard Keynes
We will not have any more crashes in our time. View quote
John Maynard Keynes