Quotes by John Maynard Keynes

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

— John Maynard Keynes

Wisdom

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 influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.

— John Maynard Keynes

Life

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

— John Maynard Keynes

Wisdom