5 John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes on Class

John Kenneth Galbraith quotes on class

21. The traveler to the United States will do well, however, 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.

28. Of all classes the rich are the most noticed and the least studied.

54. There's a certain part of the contented majority who love anybody who is worth a billion dollars.

55. The contented and economically comfortable have a very discriminating view of government. Nobody is ever indignant about bailing out failed banks and failed savings and loans associations... But when taxes must be paid for the lower middle class and poor, the government assumes an aspect of wickedness.

75. The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor.