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John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

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American Economist October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006

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Financial capacity and political perspicacity are inversely correlated. Long-run salvation by men of business has never been highly regarded if it means disturbance of orderly life and convenience in the present. So inaction will be advocated in the present even though it means deep trouble in the future. Here, at least equally with Communism, lies the threat to Capitalism. It is what causes men who know that things are going quite wrong to say that things are fundamentally sound. John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith quote: "Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory."
Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory. John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith quote: "There are times in politics when you must be on the right side..."
There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose. 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
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

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