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Letter "J" » John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
«All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
«The traveler to the United States will do well to prepare himself for the class-consciousness of the natives. This differs from the already familiar English version in being more extreme and based more firmly on the conviction that the class to which the speaker belongs is inherently superior to all others.»
«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.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
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districts, guards, New York State, police state, security guards, suburbs, The District
«Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
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beneficial
«Man, at least when educated, is a pessimist. He believes it safer not to reflect on his achievements; Jove is known to strike such people down.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
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Jove
«By all but the pathologically romantic, it is now recognized that this is not the age of the small man.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
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pathologically
«Increasingly in recent times we have come first to identify the remedy that is most agreeable, most convenient, most in accord with major pecuniary or political interest, the one that reflects our available faculty for action; then we move from the remedy so available or desired back to a cause to which that remedy is relevant.»
«When people are the least sure, they are often the most dogmatic»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
«The individual serves the industrial system not by supplying it with savings and the resulting capital; he serves it by consuming its products»
«Production only fills a void that it has itself created»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
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