John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes


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


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. - John Kenneth Galbraith


When people put their ballots in the boxes, they are, by that act, inoculated against the feeling that the government is not theirs. They then accept, in some measure, that its errors are their errors, its aberrations their aberrations, that any revolt will be against them. It's a remarkably shrewd and rather conservative arrangement when one thinks of it. - John Kenneth Galbraith


When people are the least sure, they are often the most dogmatic. - John Kenneth Galbraith


What is called a high standard of living consists, in considerable measure, in arrangements for avoiding muscular energy, for increasing sensual pleasure and enhancing caloric intake above any conceivable nutritional requirement. - John Kenneth Galbraith


Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence. - John Kenneth Galbraith


Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding. - John Kenneth Galbraith


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


We now in the United States have more security guards for the rich than we have police services for the poor districts. If you're looking for personal security, far better to move to the suburbs than to pay taxes in New York. - John Kenneth Galbraith


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