The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events.

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Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so almost

Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.

The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.

The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.

War remains the decisive human failure.

War remains the decisive human failure.

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    Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

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