The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie.

The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie.

Success depends on intuition, on seeing what afterwards proves true but cannot be established at the moment.

Capitalism stands its trial before judges who have the sentence of death in their pockets. They are going to pass it, whatever the defense they may hear; the only success victorious defense can possibly produce is a change in the indictment.

Pessimistic visions about almost anything always strike the public as more erudite than optimistic ones

There is another method of obtaining money... It does not presuppose the existence of accumulated results of previous development, and hence may be considered as the only one which is available in strict logic. This method of obtaining money is the creation of purchasing power by banks. The form it takes is immaterial.

Nothing is so treacherous as the obvious.