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> [There is a common tendency to ignore the poor or to develop some rationalisation for the good fortune of the fortunate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/there-is-a-common-tendency-to-ignore-the-poor-or-to-develop-some/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

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> [If you're rich you can buy books. If you're poor, you need a library.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/if-you-re-rich-you-can-buy-books-if-you-re-poor-you-need-a-library/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

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> [The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/the-conspicuously-wealthy-turn-up-urging-the-character-building/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

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> [The foresight of financial experts was, as so often, a poor guide to the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/the-foresight-of-financial-experts-was-as-so-often-a-poor-guide-to/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

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> [Things that come from the private sector are in abundant supply; things that depend on the public sector are widely a problem.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/things-that-come-from-the-private-sector-are-in-abundant-supply/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

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> [We now in the United States have more security guards for the rich than we have police services for the poor districts.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/we-now-in-the-united-states-have-more-security-guards-for-the-rich/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

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> [We talk of the enormous virtues of work, but it turns out that that is mostly for the poor. If you're rich…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/we-talk-of-the-enormous-virtues-of-work-but-it-turns-out-that-that-is/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

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> [ No solution \[to the problem of poverty\] is so effective as providing income to the poor. Whether in the form of food,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/no-solution-to-the-problem-of-poverty-is-so-effective-as-providing/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

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> [The miserable consumption of the poor is partly the result of the ostentatious demands of the rich. There isn't enough for both,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/the-miserable-consumption-of-the-poor-is-partly-the-result-of-the/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

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> [One must always have in mind one simple fact - there is no literate population in the world that is poor, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/one-must-always-have-in-mind-one-simple-fact-there-is-no-literate/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

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> [We can safely abandon the doctrine of the eighties, namely that the rich were not working because they had too little money,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/we-can-safely-abandon-the-doctrine-of-the-eighties-namely-that-the/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

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> [Economic stimulation that works through the increased outlays to the affluent has, inevitably, an aspect of soundness and sanity that is lacking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/economic-stimulation-that-works-through-the-increased-outlays-to-the/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

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> [From the fact of general well-being came the new position of the poor. They were now in most communities a minority. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/from-the-fact-of-general-well-being-came-the-new-position-of-the-poor/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

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> [The contented and economically comfortable have a very discriminating view of government. Nobody is ever indignant about bailing out failed banks and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/the-contented-and-economically-comfortable-have-a-very-discriminating/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

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> [The shortcomings of economics are not original error but uncorrected obsolescence. The obsolescence has occurred because what is convenient has become sacrosanct.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/the-shortcomings-of-economics-are-not-original-error-but-uncorrected/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

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> [In recent times no problem has been more puzzling to thoughtful people than why, in a troubled world, we make such poor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/in-recent-times-no-problem-has-been-more-puzzling-to-thoughtful/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

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## Other authors on Poor

## More by John Kenneth Galbraith

> [Getting on the cover of TIME guarantees the existence of opposition in the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/getting-on-the-cover-of-time-guarantees-the-existence-of-opposition/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

> [Technology means the systematic application of scientific or other organized knowledge to practical tasks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/technology-means-the-systematic-application-of-scientific-or-other/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

> [“Men can labor to make sense out of single steps toward the goal without ever pausing to reflect that the goal itself is ludicrous.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/men-can-labor-to-make-sense-out-of-single-steps-toward-the-goal/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

> [Consumer wants can have bizarre, frivolous, or even immoral origins, and an admirable case can still be made for a society that seeks to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/consumer-wants-can-have-bizarre-frivolous-or-even-immoral-origins-and/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

> [That one never need to look beyond the love of money for explanation of human behavior is one of the most jealously guarded simplification…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/that-one-never-need-to-look-beyond-the-love-of-money-for-explanation/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

> [Agriculture is one economic activity that does not obey the laws of demand and supply.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/agriculture-is-one-economic-activity-that-does-not-obey-the-laws-of/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

> [If we were not in Vietnam, all that part of the world would be enjoying the obscurity it so richly deserves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/if-we-were-not-in-vietnam-all-that-part-of-the-world-would-be/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

> [Washington is a place where men praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/washington-is-a-place-where-men-praise-courage-and-act-on-elaborate/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

> [World War II revealed two of the enduring features of the Keynesian Revolution. One was the moral difference between spending for welfare and spending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/world-war-ii-revealed-two-of-the-enduring-features-of-the-keynesian/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

> [Money is what fueled the industrial society. But in the informational society, the fuel, the power, is knowledge. One has now come to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/money-is-what-fueled-the-industrial-society-but-in-the-informational/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

> [While it will be desirable to achieve planned results, it will be even more important to avoid unplanned disasters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/while-it-will-be-desirable-to-achieve-planned-results-it-will-be-even/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/a-bad-book-is-the-worse-that-it-cannot-repent-it-has-not-been-the/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

> [Genius is a rising stock market.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/genius-is-a-rising-stock-market/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

> [Mr. David Stockman has said that supply-side economics was merely a cover for the trickle-down approach to economic policy—what an older and less elegant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/mr-david-stockman-has-said-that-supply-side-economics-was-merely-a/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

> [Inventions that are not made, like babies that are not born, are rarely missed. In the absence of new developments, old ones may seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/inventions-that-are-not-made-like-babies-that-are-not-born-are-rarely/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

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