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Quotations By J.K. Galbraith

Agreement

Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have a right to be persuaded.... However, they are indispensable when you don’t want to do anything.

Capitalism

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

Conformity

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

Conservative-Liberal

The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

Conservative-Liberal

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

Diplomacy

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.