The same rule of self-destructive financial calculation governs every walk of life. We destroy the beauty of the countryside because the un-appropria… - John Maynard Keynes

Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back

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

It is extraordinarily difficult to secure the right outcome for this resultant of many separate policies. It depends on weighing one advantage against another. There is hardly a conceivable decision within the range of the supply services which does not affect it.