Foreign policy is conducted for the convenience and enjoyment of people in Washington.
John Kenneth GalbraithThe sense of responsibility in the financial community for the community as a whole is not small. It is nearly nil.
John Kenneth GalbraithInventions that are not made, like babies that are not born, are rarely missed.
John Kenneth GalbraithAll of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.
John Kenneth GalbraithNo society ever seems to have succumbed to boredom. Man has developed an obvious capacity for surviving the pompous reiteration of the commonplace.
John Kenneth GalbraithWe live surrounded by a systematic appeal to a dream world which all mature, scientific reality would reject. We, quite literally, advertise our commitment to immaturity, mendacity and profound gullibility. It is as the hallmark of the culture. And it is justified as being economically indispensable.
John Kenneth Galbraith