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John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

John Kenneth Galbraith quotes

American Economist October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006

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John Kenneth Galbraith quote: "The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful..."
The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking. John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith quote: "A person buying ordinary products in a supermarket is in touch..."
A person buying ordinary products in a supermarket is in touch with his deepest emotions. John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith quote: "Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in..."
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. John Kenneth Galbraith
You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too. John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith quote: "The process by which banks create money is so simple that the..."
The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled. John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith quote: "War remains the decisive human failure."
War remains the decisive human failure. John Kenneth Galbraith
The threat to men of great dignity, privilege and pretense is not from the radicals they revile; it is from accepting their own myth. Exposure to reality remains the nemesis of the great -- a little understood thing. John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith quote: "Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the..."
Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. John Kenneth Galbraith
Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have a right to be persuaded. However, they are indispensable when you don't want to do anything. John Kenneth Galbraith
But there is merit even in the mentally retarded legislator. He asks the questions that everyone is afraid to ask for fear of seeming simple. John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith quote: "The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology..."
The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith quote: "In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation..."
In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes. John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith quote: "More die in the United States of too much food than of too..."
More die in the United States of too much food than of too little. John Kenneth Galbraith
Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all. John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith quote: "There are two kinds of forecasters: those who don’t know, and..."
There are two kinds of forecasters: those who don’t know, and those who don’t know they don’t know. John Kenneth Galbraith

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