Humphrey Bancroft Neill > Quotes

“Goethe, the great poet-philosopher, once wrote: “I find more and more that it is well to be on the side of the minority, since it is always the more intelligent.”
― Humphrey Bancroft Neill, Art of Contrary Thinking

“When governments, including our own, carry great debt loads, it behooves thoughtful citizens to recall occasionally the disastrous inflations of the past, the illusions of bootstrap economics—which always are accompanied by crowd hysteria.11”
― Humphrey Bancroft Neill, Art of Contrary Thinking

“Never sell a dull market.” I believe that this was intended for bull markets, for it appears just as dangerous to “buy a dull market”—during a bear market.”
― Humphrey Bancroft Neill, Tape Reading and Market Tactics

“Since the world (and the United States) “went off gold,” the money supply has been regulated by men in place of the metal. Money supply, therefore, has become a master key of economic forecasting.”
― Humphrey Bancroft Neill, Art of Contrary Thinking