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title: "21 Should Quotes By John Kenneth Galbraith"
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> [The spirit should never grow old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/the-spirit-should-never-grow-old/)

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

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> [It's much easier to point out the problem than it is to say just how it should be solved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/it-s-much-easier-to-point-out-the-problem-than-it-is-to-say-just-how/)

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

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> [The experience of being disastrously wrong is salutary, no economist should be denied it, and not many are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/the-experience-of-being-disastrously-wrong-is-salutary-no-economist/)

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

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> [ The oldest \[John Kenneth\] Galbraith rule is that when you hear that a new era has dawned, you should take cover. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/the-oldest-john-kenneth-galbraith-rule-is-that-when-you-hear-that-a/)

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

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> [There is an old saying, or should be, that it is a wise economist who recognizes the scope of his own generalizations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/there-is-an-old-saying-or-should-be-that-it-is-a-wise-economist-who/)

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

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> [When you see reference to a new paradigm you should always, under all circumstances, take cover.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/when-you-see-reference-to-a-new-paradigm-you-should-always-under-all/)

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

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> [The Metropolis should have been aborted long before it became New York, London or Tokyo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/the-metropolis-should-have-been-aborted-long-before-it-became-new/)

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

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> [It was not hard to persuade people that the market was sound; as always in such times they asked only that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/it-was-not-hard-to-persuade-people-that-the-market-was-sound-as/)

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

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> [I was brought up in southwestern Ontario where we were taught that Canadian patriotism should not withstand anything more than a five-dollar-a-month…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/i-was-brought-up-in-southwestern-ontario-where-we-were-taught-that/)

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

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> [Almost every aspect of its (Federal Reserve) history should be approached with a discriminating disregard for what is commonly taught or believed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/almost-every-aspect-of-its-federal-reserve-history-should-be/)

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

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> [Of all the mysteries of the stock exchange there is none so impenetrable as why there should be a buyer for everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/of-all-the-mysteries-of-the-stock-exchange-there-is-none-so/)

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

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> [Nothing in our time is more interesting than the erstwhile capitalist corporation and the erstwhile Communist firm should, under the imperatives of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/nothing-in-our-time-is-more-interesting-than-the-erstwhile-capitalist/)

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

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> [Those who yearn for the end of capitalism should pray for government by men who believe that all positive action is inimical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/those-who-yearn-for-the-end-of-capitalism-should-pray-for-government/)

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

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> [In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are comfortably,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/in-all-life-one-should-comfort-the-afflicted-but-verily-also-one/)

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

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> [The huge capacity to purchase submission that goes with any large sum of money, well, this we have. This is a power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/the-huge-capacity-to-purchase-submission-that-goes-with-any-large-sum/)

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

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> [When you see reference to a new paradigm you should always, under all circumstances, take cover. Because ever since the great tulipmania…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/when-you-see-reference-to-a-new-paradigm-you-should-always-under-all-2/)

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

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> [The years of the Great Depression were a superb time for economists because people not knowing what could be done or what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/the-years-of-the-great-depression-were-a-superb-time-for-economists/)

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

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> [I write with two things in mind. I want to be right with my fellow economists. After all, I've made my life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/i-write-with-two-things-in-mind-i-want-to-be-right-with-my-fellow/)

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

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> [Get the process of negotiation away from the small specialized group that some people have called the "nuclear theologians" ... Only a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/get-the-process-of-negotiation-away-from-the-small-specialized-group/)

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

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> [The family which takes it mauve and cerise, air conditioned, power-steered, and power braked automobile out for a tour passes through cities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/the-family-which-takes-it-mauve-and-cerise-air-conditioned-power/)

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

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> [The inborn instability of capitalism has been part of the history of the system for several hundred years, including recurrent speculative episodes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/the-inborn-instability-of-capitalism-has-been-part-of-the-history-of/)

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

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## Other authors on Should

## 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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