Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative.

Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

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All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness...

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness...

The Metropolis should have been aborted long before it became New York, London or Tokyo.

The Metropolis should have been aborted long before it became New York, London or Tokyo.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

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...

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

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

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

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...

It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals....

It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals....

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography?

We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography?

We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.

We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.

If it is dangerous to suppose that government is always right, it will sooner or...

If it is dangerous to suppose that government is always right, it will sooner or...

If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the...

If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the...

Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have...

Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have...

When people put their ballots in the boxes, they are, by that act, inoculated against...

When people put their ballots in the boxes, they are, by that act, inoculated against...

There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.

There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.

The great dialectic in our time is not, as anciently and by some still supposed,...

The great dialectic in our time is not, as anciently and by some still supposed,...

The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.

The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.

Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then...

Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then...