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Nothing is more portable than rich people and their money
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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A more important antidote to American democracy is American gerontocracy. The positions of eminence and authority in Congress are allotted in accordance with length of service, regardless of quality.
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But it can be laid down as a rule that those who speak most of liberty are least inclined to use it.
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There are two kinds of forecasters: those who don’t know, and those who don’t know they don’t know.
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In 1736, Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette printed an apology for its irregular appearence because its printer was with the Press, labouring for the publick Good, to make Money more plentiful. The press was busy printing money.
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Men are, in fact, either sustained by organization or they sustain organization.
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Who is king in the world of the blind when there isn't even a one eyed man?
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