Quotes by Keynes, John Maynard

The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are >>

A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the em >>

For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to >>

Quotations about Ideas

An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate >>

Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for eve >>

He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that >>

The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.

Keynes, John Maynard