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Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.
John Kenneth Galbraith
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John Kenneth Galbraith
Age: 97 †
Born: 1908
Born: October 15
Died: 2006
Died: April 29
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Oligopoly is an imperfect monopoly. Like the despotism of the Dual Monarchy, it is saved only by its incompetence.
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If you get a reputation for being honest, you have 95 percent of the competition already beat.
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There is a common tendency to ignore the poor or to develop some rationalisation for the good fortune of the fortunate.
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Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.
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You roll back the stones, and you find slithering things. That is the world of Richard Nixon.
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American university presidents are a nervous breed I have never thought well of them as a class.
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Foreign policy is conducted for the convenience and enjoyment of people in Washington.
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All writers know that on some golden mornings they are touched by the wand they are on intimate terms with poetry and cosmic truth. I have experienced these moments myself. Their lesson is simple: It's a total illusion. And the danger in the illusion is that you will wait for those moments.
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Those days [of the Vietnam War] you couldn't get on a bus going to the South without expecting a riot over something or the other. All of that has disappeared thanks to Lyndon Johnson.
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Complexity and obscurity have professional value - they are the academic equivalents of apprenticeship rules in the building trades. They exclude the outsiders, keep down the competition, preserve the image of a privileged or priestly class. The man who makes things clear is a scab. He is criticized less for his clarity than for his treachery.
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