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John Maynard Keynes Quotes: It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow-citizens.
         

It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow-citizens.


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By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.



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The biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them forget the old ones.



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Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.



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