They offer me neither food nor drink - intellectual nor spiritual consolation... [Conservatism] leads nowhere; it satisfies no ideal; it conforms to no intellectual standard, it is not safe, or calculated to preserve from the spoilers that degree of civilization which we have already attained.
John Maynard KeynesThe importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the future.
John Maynard KeynesIf we consistently act on the optimistic hypothesis, this hypothesis will tend to be realised; whilst by acting on the pessimistic hypothesis we can keep ourselves for ever in the pit of want.
John Maynard KeynesThe old saying holds. Owe your banker �1000 and you are at his mercy; owe him �1 million and the position is reversed.
John Maynard Keynes