Government Quotes by John Kenneth Galbraith

No intelligence system can predict what a government will do if it doesn't know itself.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Nothing so weakens government as persistent inflation.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Nothing so weakens a government as inflation.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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

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

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

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

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

A very complicated mass of things influences the economy - the speculative effect, government policy, consumer borrowing and spending, the level of…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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

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

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

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

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

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

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