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

Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

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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...

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...

The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events.

The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events.

The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.

The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.

In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes.

In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes.

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.

It has been the acknowledged right of every Marxist scholar to read into Marx the...

It has been the acknowledged right of every Marxist scholar to read into Marx the...

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need...

Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need...

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.

It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than...

It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than...

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

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

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

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

The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the...

A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the...

Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves...

Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves...

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...

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...

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Leadership development is self-development.

Leadership development is self-development.