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

Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

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We are becoming the servants in thought, as in action, of the machine we have...

We are becoming the servants in thought, as in action, of the machine we have...

Few things are more tempting to a writer than to repeat, admiringly, what he has...

Few things are more tempting to a writer than to repeat, admiringly, what he has...

Wisdom itself is often an abstraction associated not with fact or reality but with the...

Wisdom itself is often an abstraction associated not with fact or reality but with the...

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When...

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When...

The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.

The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.

All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door.

All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door.

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in...

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in...

Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous...

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous...

Economics is a subject profoundly conducive to cliche, resonant with boredom. On few topics is...

Economics is a subject profoundly conducive to cliche, resonant with boredom. On few topics is...

There is an insistent tendency among serious social scientists to think of any institution which...

There is an insistent tendency among serious social scientists to think of any institution which...

You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does...

You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does...

The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.

The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.

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

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

Commencement oratory must eschew anything that smacks of partisan politics, political preference, sex, religion or...

Commencement oratory must eschew anything that smacks of partisan politics, political preference, sex, religion or...

There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth.

There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth.

We can safely abandon the doctrine of the eighties, namely that the rich were not...

We can safely abandon the doctrine of the eighties, namely that the rich were not...

If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.

If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.

In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire...

In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire...

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.