John Maynard Keynes

"When, therefore, we enter the realm of State action, everything is to be considered and weighed on its merits. Changes in death duties, income tax, land tenure, licensing, game laws, church establishm…"

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

"We will not have any more crashes in our time."

"The nature of unemployment today is totally different from what it was a year ago. It is no longer caused by a deficiency of demand. There is no longer a potential surplus supply of the things we want…"

"The appropriate time for the ultimate release of the deposits will have arrived at the onset of the first post-war slump."

"The ignorance of even the best-informed investor about the more remote future is much greater than his knowledge, and he cannot but be influenced to a degree which would seem wildly disproportionate t…"

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

"This state of affairs is not an inevitable consequence of a decreased capacity to produce wealth. I see no reason why, with good management, real wages need be reduced on the average. It is the conseq…"