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We can safely abandon the doctrine of the eighties, namely that the rich were not working because they had too little money, the poor because they had much.
— John Kenneth Galbraith
Tags: because, poor, rich, money

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A person buying ordinary products in a supermarket is in touch with his deepest emotions.
— John Kenneth Galbraith
Tags: deepest, touch, person, emotions
There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.
— John Kenneth Galbraith
Tags: must, lose, you, politics
A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance; but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books.
— John Kenneth Galbraith
Tags: bad, ignorance, devil, power
The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.
— John Kenneth Galbraith
Tags: process, mind, money, simple
In the choice between changing ones mind and proving there's no need to do so, most people get busy on the proof.
— John Kenneth Galbraith
Tags: choice, busy, mind, people
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