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Men are, in fact, either sustained by organization or they sustain organization.
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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The questions that are beyond the reach of economics-the beauty, dignity, pleasure and durability of life-may be inconvenient but they are important.
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Nothing so weakens government as persistent inflation.
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Of all the mysteries of the stock exchange there is none so impenetrable as why there should be a buyer for everyone who seeks to sell.
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People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.
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The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.
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In dealing with Mr. Nixon, it is not easy to be unfair. He invites and justifies all available criticism.
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Unemployment is rarely considered desirable except by those who have not experienced it.
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The happiest time of anyone's life is just after the first divorce.
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I was brought up in southwestern Ontario where we were taught that Canadian patriotism should not withstand anything more than a five-dollar-a-month wage differential. Anything more than that and you went to Detroit.
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Happiness does not require an expanding economy
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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.
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