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John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

«Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everybody gets busy on the proof»
«If it is dangerous to suppose that government is always right, it will sooner or later be awkward for public administration if most people suppose that it is always wrong»
«Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith | About: Humor
«The happiest time in any man's life is just after the first divorce»
«Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.»
«A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance; but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith | About: Books
«People who are in a fortunate position always attribute virtue to what makes them so happy.»
«The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor.»
«The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith | About: Speech | Keywords: commencement
«Several times I concluded that there was too much detail; always I returned to continue and enjoy the book.»

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