Reevaluation Quotes
Although this quotation has been cited by many scholars, none has yet given a primary citation. As a result a few researchers question the attribution to Keynes and argue that the first primary source of this notion was the Nobel Laureate in Economics Paul Samuelson -- Quote {645739}. However, even Samuelson attributed this quotation to Keynes although he did not do so at this particualr interview.
The earliest expression of this idea was by the British Economist John Maynard Keynes -- Quotation {610150}
He was too ill to read the speech himself and it was read by James Wilson for him.
Accused of weakness for compromising:
Douglass visited the White House to ask if Lincoln was going to implement his previous position and allow Black troops to serve in the military in other than labor battalions.
