Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

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The total alteration in underlying circumstances has not been squarely faced, As a result, we...

The total alteration in underlying circumstances has not been squarely faced, As a result, we...

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...

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.

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...

A person buying ordinary products in a supermarket is in touch with his deepest emotions.

A person buying ordinary products in a supermarket is in touch with his deepest emotions.

Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has...

Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has...

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

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

In central banking as in diplomacy, style, conservative tailoring, and an easy association with the...

In central banking as in diplomacy, style, conservative tailoring, and an easy association with the...

More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.

More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

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.

Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.

Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.

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...

In economics, the majority is always wrong.

In economics, the majority is always wrong.

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,...

Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so...

Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so...

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...

Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion...

Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion...

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

Liberty don't work as good in practice as it does in speeches

Liberty don't work as good in practice as it does in speeches