Creative Quotations from . . .
John Maynard Keynes
(1883-1946) born on Jun 05
English economist. He was the most influential modern economist and well known for his theories of unbalanced budgets.
 
   
F
I do not know which makes a man more conservative -- to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past."

R
A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.
A
"It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil."
N
"The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones which ramify . . . into every corner of our minds."
K
"Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get older."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: ""The End of Laissez-Faire," ch. 1, 1926."
R: ""The End of Laissez-Faire," ch. 1, 1926."
A: ""The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money," ch. 24, "Concluding Notes," 1936."
N: ""The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money," Preface, 1936."
K: ""Essays in Persuasion," "The Future," 1931."



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