“Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative.”
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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Category: politics
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Wealth, in even the most improbable cases,
“Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.”
— John Kenneth Galbraith
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
Category: intelligence
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We can safely abandon the doctrine of
“We can safely abandon the doctrine of the eighties, namely that the rich were not working because they had too little money, the poor because they had much.”
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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Category: money
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Wealth is not without its advantages and
“Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.”
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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Category: finance
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In economics, hope and faith coexist with
“In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability.”
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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Category: hope
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Politics is the art of choosing between
“Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.”
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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Category: art
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War remains the decisive human failure.
“War remains the decisive human failure.”
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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Category: failure
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There is certainly no absolute standard of
“There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.”
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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Politics is not the art of the
“Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.”
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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Category: politics
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In economics, hope and faith coexist with
“In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability.”
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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Category: faith
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It would be foolish to suggest that
“It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state.”
— John Kenneth Galbraith
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
Category: government
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