I was in charge of price controls in World War II and had a ceiling on overall prices. Everybody who was subject to general maximum price regulation wanted an exception and went to Congress to persuade a Congressman, or a group of people on the Hill, that I was being a menace to their industry.
John Kenneth GalbraithThere is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth.
John Kenneth GalbraithUnder the privilege of the First Amendment many, many ridiculous things are said.
John Kenneth GalbraithIn the world of minor lunacy the behaviour of both the utterly rational and the totally insane seems equally odd.
John Kenneth Galbraith