--- title: "14 Should Quotes By John Maynard Keynes" description: "14 Should quotes by John Maynard Keynes. Plus more from John Maynard Keynes and more Should sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9a/john-maynard-keynes-1380_champagne_i-should-have-drunk-more-champagne-19298_1929826.png" --- > [I should have drunk more Champagne.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/i-should-have-drunk-more-champagne/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9a/john-maynard-keynes-1380_champagne_i-should-have-drunk-more-champagne-19298_1929826.png) > [It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow-citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/it-is-better-that-a-man-should-tyrannize-over-his-bank-balance-than-2/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/234/john-maynard-keynes-1380_balance_it-is-better-that-a-man-should-tyrannize_1571483.png) > [The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/the-social-object-of-skilled-investment-should-be-to-defeat-the-dark/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf1/john-maynard-keynes-1380_dark_the-social-object-of-skilled-investment_2975093.png) > [Ideas, knowledge, art, hospitality, travel - these are things which should in their nature be international. But let goods be homespun whenever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/ideas-knowledge-art-hospitality-travel-these-are-things-which-should/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/john-maynard-keynes-1380_art_ideas-knowledge-art-hospitality-travel-t_1691647.png) > [Nor should the argument seem strange that taxation may be so high as to defeat its object, and that, given sufficient time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/nor-should-the-argument-seem-strange-that-taxation-may-be-so-high-as/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a44/john-maynard-keynes-1380_argument_nor-should-the-argument-seem-strange-tha_1396956.jpg) > [Should government refrain from regulation (taxation), the worthlessness of the money becomes apparent and the fraud can no longer be concealed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/should-government-refrain-from-regulation-taxation-the-worthlessness/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef1/john-maynard-keynes-1380_concealed_should-government-refrain-from-regulatio_1794276.png) > [It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow-citizens and whilst the former is sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/it-is-better-that-a-man-should-tyrannize-over-his-bank-balance-than/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/john-maynard-keynes-1380_alternatives_it-is-better-that-a-man-should-tyrannize_1035421.png) > [It is the long-term investor...who will in practice come in for the most criticism... For it is the essence of his behavior…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/it-is-the-long-term-investor-who-will-in-practice-come-in-for-the-2/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/254/john-maynard-keynes-1380_average_it-is-the-long-term-investor-who-will-in_1312005.jpg) > [It is generally agreed that casinos should, in the public interest, be inaccessible and expensive. And perhaps the same is true of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/it-is-generally-agreed-that-casinos-should-in-the-public-interest-be/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1aa/john-maynard-keynes-1380_casinos_it-is-generally-agreed-that-casinos-shou_3153747.png) > [I feel no shame at being found still owning a share when the bottom of the market comes…I would go much further…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/i-feel-no-shame-at-being-found-still-owning-a-share-when-the-bottom/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/john-maynard-keynes-1380_accepting_i-feel-no-shame-at-being-found-still-own_2884474.jpg) > [It is the long term investor who will in practice come in for the most criticism. For it is the essence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/it-is-the-long-term-investor-who-will-in-practice-come-in-for-the/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/506/john-maynard-keynes-1380_average_it-is-the-long-term-investor-who-will-in_794594.png) > [So it is not an accident that the Nazi lads vent a particular fury against (Einstein). He does truly stand for what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/so-it-is-not-an-accident-that-the-nazi-lads-vent-a-particular-fury/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8c/john-maynard-keynes-1380_accidents_so-it-is-not-an-accident-that-the-nazi-l_2038461.png) > [I do not mean to impugn the social justice and social expediency of the redistribution of incomes aimed at by N.I.R.A. and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/i-do-not-mean-to-impugn-the-social-justice-and-social-expediency-of/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71a/john-maynard-keynes-1380_emphasis_i-do-not-mean-to-impugn-the-social-justi_1951011.png) > [Nevertheless, if we contemplate a society with a somewhat stable wage-unit, with national characteristics which determine the propensity to consume and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/nevertheless-if-we-contemplate-a-society-with-a-somewhat-stable-wage/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c23/john-maynard-keynes-1380_attention_nevertheless-if-we-contemplate-a-society_353819.png) ## Other authors on Should ## More by John Maynard Keynes > [Once we allow ourselves to be disobedient to the test of an accountant's profit, we have begun to change our civilization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/once-we-allow-ourselves-to-be-disobedient-to-the-test-of-an/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) > [If you owe your bank manager a thousand pounds, you are at his mercy. If you owe him a million pounds, he is at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/if-you-owe-your-bank-manager-a-thousand-pounds-you-are-at-his-mercy/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) > [There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/there-is-no-subtler-no-surer-means-of-overturning-the-existing-basis/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) > [It has been pointed out already that no knowledge of probabilities, less in degree than certainty, helps us to know what conclusions are true,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/it-has-been-pointed-out-already-that-no-knowledge-of-probabilities/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) > [Everything is always decided for reasons other than the real merits of the case](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/everything-is-always-decided-for-reasons-other-than-the-real-merits/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) > [In the long run we are all dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/in-the-long-run-we-are-all-dead/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) > [The power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/the-power-of-vested-interests-is-vastly-exaggerated-compared-with-the/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) > [It is a good thing to make mistakes so long as you're found out quickly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/it-is-a-good-thing-to-make-mistakes-so-long-as-you-re-found-out/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) > [When the accumulation of wealth is no longer of high social importance, there will be great changes in the code of morals. We shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/when-the-accumulation-of-wealth-is-no-longer-of-high-social/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) > [Of the maxims of orthodox finance none, surely, is more anti-social than the fetish of liquidity, the doctrine of that it is a positive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/of-the-maxims-of-orthodox-finance-none-surely-is-more-anti-social/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) > [The outstanding faults of the economic society in which we live are its failure to provide for full employment and its arbitrary and inequitable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/the-outstanding-faults-of-the-economic-society-in-which-we-live-are/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) > [I conceive, therefore, that a somewhat comprehensive socialisation of investment will prove the means of securing an approximation to full employment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/i-conceive-therefore-that-a-somewhat-comprehensive-socialisation-of/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) > [Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/capitalism-is-the-astounding-belief-that-the-most-wickedest-of-men/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) > [Economics is a very dangerous science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/economics-is-a-very-dangerous-science/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) > [Whenever you save five shillings you put a man out of work for a day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/whenever-you-save-five-shillings-you-put-a-man-out-of-work-for-a-day/) [John 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He does truly stand…” — John Maynard Keynes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I do not mean to impugn the social justice and social expediency of the redistribution of incomes aimed at by N.I.R.A. and by the various schemes for agricultural restriction. The latter, in particular, I should strongly support in principle. But too much emphasis on the remedial value of a higher price-level as an object in itself may lead to serious misapprehension as to the part which prices can play in the technique of recovery. 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