John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

15 Famous Quotes by John Kenneth Galbraith
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“The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.”
Bankers and banks Quotes
“The total alteration in underlying circumstances has not been squarely faced, As a result, we are guided, in part, by ideas that are relevant to another world. ... We do many things that are unnecessary, some that are unwise, and a few that are insane.”
Economy Quotes
“In economics, the majority is always wrong.”
Majority Quotes
“Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.”
Meetings Quotes
“Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.”
Modesty Quotes
“Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.”
Virtue Quotes
“Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.”
Exploitation Quotes
“If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.”
Immortality Quotes
“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”
Justification Quotes
“There's a certain part of the contented majority who love anybody who is worth a billion dollars.”
Tycoon Quotes
“In economics, the majority is always wrong.”
Validity Quotes
“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”
Politics / government Quotes
“One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know.”
Advice / experience / wisdom Quotes
“Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.”
Government Quotes
“If we were not in Vietnam, all that part of the world would be enjoying the obscurity it so richly deserves.”
Vietnam Quotes