More from John Kenneth Galbraith

  1. Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.
  2. 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.
  3. Trickle-down theory - the less than elegant metaphor that if one feeds the horse enough oats, some will pass through to the road for the sp…
  4. You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too.
  5. There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.
  6. The truth is not the average of right and wrong.
  7. The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justifica…
  8. The happiest time of anyone's life is just after the first divorce.

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