John Maynard

John Maynard
years two quality
When the accumulation of wealth is no longer of high social importance, there will be great changes in the code of morals. We shall be able to rid ourselves of many of the pseudo-moral principles which have hag-ridden us for two hundred years, by which we have exulted some of the most distasteful of human qualities into the highest virtues.
government continuing-on important
By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.
real merit reason
Everything is always decided for reasons other than the real merits of the case
real merit reason
Everything is always decided for reasons other than the real merits of the case
hands order
Perhaps it is historically true that no order of society ever perishes save by its own hand.
hands order
Perhaps it is historically true that no order of society ever perishes save by its own hand.
children ordinary three
Adam Smith and Malthus and Ricardo ! There is something about these three figures to evoke more than ordinary sentiments from us their children in the spirit.