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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.

~John Kenneth Galbraith

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

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

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In economics, the majority is always wrong.

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Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much cherished aspect of academic freedom.

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There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.

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In the choice between changing ones mind and proving there's no need to do so, most people get busy on the proof.

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In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone.

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Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

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Economics is a subject profoundly conducive to cliche, resonant with boredom. On few topics is an American audience so practiced in turning off its ears and minds. And none can say that the response is ill advised.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Economist

Born: October 15th, 1908

Died: April 29th, 2006

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