No intelligence system can predict what a government will do if it doesn't know itself. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
You will find that [the] State [Department] is the kind of organisation which, though it does big things badly, does small things… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
One of the little-celebrated powers of Presidents (and other high government officials) is to listen to their critics with just enough sympathy… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
If it is dangerous to suppose that government is always right, it will sooner or later be awkward for public administration if… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Those who yearn for the end of capitalism should pray for government by men who believe that all positive action is inimical… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
In numerous years following the war, the Federal Government ran a heavy surplus. It could not (however) pay off its debt, retire… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
I react pragmatically. Where the market works, I'm for that. Where the government is necessary, I'm for that. I'm deeply suspicious of… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
A very complicated mass of things influences the economy - the speculative effect, government policy, consumer borrowing and spending, the level of… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
The contented and economically comfortable have a very discriminating view of government. Nobody is ever indignant about bailing out failed banks and… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
When people put their ballots in the boxes, they are, by that act, inoculated against the feeling that the government is not… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
In Europe and the United States the two decades following the Second World War will for long be remembered as a very… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Broadly speaking, Keynesianism means that the government has a specific responsibility for the behavior of the economy, that it doesn't work on… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
And there was a deeper, less visible effect of the Truman loyalty program. Seeing its consequences for certain individuals and fearing its… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Getting on the cover of TIME guarantees the existence of opposition in the future. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Technology means the systematic application of scientific or other organized knowledge to practical tasks. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
“Men can labor to make sense out of single steps toward the goal without ever pausing to reflect that the goal itself is ludicrous.” — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Consumer wants can have bizarre, frivolous, or even immoral origins, and an admirable case can still be made for a society that seeks to… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
That one never need to look beyond the love of money for explanation of human behavior is one of the most jealously guarded simplification… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Agriculture is one economic activity that does not obey the laws of demand and supply. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
If we were not in Vietnam, all that part of the world would be enjoying the obscurity it so richly deserves. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Washington is a place where men praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
World War II revealed two of the enduring features of the Keynesian Revolution. One was the moral difference between spending for welfare and spending… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Money is what fueled the industrial society. But in the informational society, the fuel, the power, is knowledge. One has now come to see… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
While it will be desirable to achieve planned results, it will be even more important to avoid unplanned disasters. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
![“You will find that [the] State [Department] is the kind of organisation which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly too.” quote by John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/24c/john-kenneth-galbraith-643_big-things_you-will-find-that-the-state-department_176110.jpg)
