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

Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

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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 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.

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...

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

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

In economics it is a far, far wiser thing to be right than to be...

In economics it is a far, far wiser thing to be right than to be...

People who are in a fortunate position always attribute virtue to what makes them so...

People who are in a fortunate position always attribute virtue to what makes them so...

In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the...

In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the...

War remains the decisive human failure.

War remains the decisive human failure.

It is a commonplace of modern technology that problems have solutions before there is knowledge...

It is a commonplace of modern technology that problems have solutions before there is knowledge...

Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable...

Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable...

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...

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...

The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the...

The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the...

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 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.

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...

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...

Few people at the beginning of the nineteenth century needed an adman to tell them...

Few people at the beginning of the nineteenth century needed an adman to tell them...

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...