--- title: "14 Way Quotes By John Maynard Keynes" description: "14 Way quotes by John Maynard Keynes. Plus more from John Maynard Keynes and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/531/john-maynard-keynes-1380_capitalism_if-i-am-right-in-supposing-it-to-be-comp_318756.png" --- > [If I am right in supposing it to be comparatively easy to make capital-goods so abundant that the marginal efficiency of capital…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/if-i-am-right-in-supposing-it-to-be-comparatively-easy-to-make/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/531/john-maynard-keynes-1380_capitalism_if-i-am-right-in-supposing-it-to-be-comp_318756.png) > [Pyramid-building, earthquakes, even wars may serve to increase wealth, if the education of our statesmen on the principles of the classical economics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/pyramid-building-earthquakes-even-wars-may-serve-to-increase-wealth/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/john-maynard-keynes-1380_building_pyramid-building-earthquakes-even-wars-m_2500447.jpg) > [A sound banker, alas, is not one who foresees danger and avoids it, but one who, when he is ruined, is ruined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/a-sound-banker-alas-is-not-one-who-foresees-danger-and-avoids-it-but-2/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca0/john-maynard-keynes-1380_alas_a-sound-banker-alas-is-not-one-who-fores_2439311.png) > [I think that Capitalism, wisely managed, can probably be made more efficient for attaining economic ends than any alternative system yet in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/i-think-that-capitalism-wisely-managed-can-probably-be-made-more/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e9/john-maynard-keynes-1380_alternatives_i-think-that-capitalism-wisely-managed-c_3052090.png) > [I believe myself to be writing a book on economic theory which will largely revolutionize - not, I suppose, at once but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/i-believe-myself-to-be-writing-a-book-on-economic-theory-which-will/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abf/john-maynard-keynes-1380_believe_i-believe-myself-to-be-writing-a-book-on_1580617.png) > [Dangerous acts can be done safely in a community which thinks and feels rightly, which would be the way to hell if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/dangerous-acts-can-be-done-safely-in-a-community-which-thinks-and/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/321/john-maynard-keynes-1380_community_dangerous-acts-can-be-done-safely-in-a-c_1049214.jpg) > [The principle objectives in life are love, the creation and enjoyment if aesthetic experience, the pursuit of knowledge. Love comes a long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/the-principle-objectives-in-life-are-love-the-creation-and-enjoyment/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c56/john-maynard-keynes-1380_aesthetic_the-principle-objectives-in-life-are-lov_897389.png) > [A sound banker, alas, is not one who foresees danger and avoids it, but one who, when he is ruined, is ruined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/a-sound-banker-alas-is-not-one-who-foresees-danger-and-avoids-it-but/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/john-maynard-keynes-1380_alas_a-sound-banker-alas-is-not-one-who-fores_1794946.png) > [In a regime of Free Trade and free economic intercourse it would be of little consequence that iron lay on one side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/in-a-regime-of-free-trade-and-free-economic-intercourse-it-would-be/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b30/john-maynard-keynes-1380_animosity_in-a-regime-of-free-trade-and-free-econo_2699250.png) > [Lenin is said to have declared that the best way to destroy the Capitalist System was to debauch the currency. By a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/lenin-is-said-to-have-declared-that-the-best-way-to-destroy-the/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/john-maynard-keynes-1380_arbitrary_lenin-is-said-to-have-declared-that-the_2150012.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) > [Lenin is said to have declared that the best way to destroy the Capitalistic System was to debauch the currency. . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/lenin-is-said-to-have-declared-that-the-best-way-to-destroy-the-3/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ef/john-maynard-keynes-1380_banking-system_lenin-is-said-to-have-declared-that-the_3153865.png) > [Thus those reformers, who look for a remedy by creating artificial carrying-costs for the money through the device of requiring legal-tender currency…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/thus-those-reformers-who-look-for-a-remedy-by-creating-artificial/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/john-maynard-keynes-1380_artificial_thus-those-reformers-who-look-for-a-reme_1922605.jpg) > [Unlike physics, for example, such parts of the bare bones of economic theory as are expressible in mathematical form are extremely easy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/unlike-physics-for-example-such-parts-of-the-bare-bones-of-economic/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ce/john-maynard-keynes-1380_bones_unlike-physics-for-example-such-parts-of_3067541.png) ## Other authors on Way ## 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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By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens. By this method they not only confiscate, but they confiscate arbitrarily; and, while the process impoverishes many, it actually enriches some. 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