John James Cowperthwaite - Future Quotes

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I am afraid that I do not believe that any body of men can have enough knowledge of the past, the present and the future to establish development priorities — which presumably means procuring some developments as being good and prohibiting others as being bad.

John James Cowperthwaite

I largely agree with those that hold that Government should not in general interfere with the course of the economy merely on the strength of its own commercial judgment. If we cannot rely on the judgment of individual businessmen, taking their own risks, we have no future anyway.

John James Cowperthwaite

I am also, I must confess, a little sceptical of the theory that we have a right, if we could, to pass on our capital burden to future generations. I remarked last year in this context that our predecessors had not passed any significant part of their burden on to us.

John James Cowperthwaite

I am confident, however old-fashioned this may sound, that funds left in the hands of the public will come into the Exchequer with interest at the time in the future when we need them.

John James Cowperthwaite