Most people assume the fights are going to be the left versus the right, but it always is the reasonable versus the jerks.

—John Kenneth Galbraith

About John Kenneth Galbraith

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John Kenneth Galbraith (October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006) was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s. As an economist, he leaned toward post-Keynesian economics from an institutionalist perspective. He served as the deputy director...

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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

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

—John Kenneth Galbraith

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

—John Kenneth Galbraith

The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.

—John Kenneth Galbraith

What is called a high standard of living consists in considerable measure of arrangements for avoiding muscular energy, increasing sensual pleasure, and enhancing caloric intake beyond any conceivable nutritional requirement. Nonetheless, the belief that increased production is a worthy social goal is very nearly absolute.

—John Kenneth Galbraith

More quotations tagged with “politics”

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

—Henry Cate VII

When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them.

—Franklin P. Adams

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.

Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.

—Dwight D. Eisenhower

Man is by nature a political animal.

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