But it can be laid down as a rule that those who speak most of liberty are least inclined to use it.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith

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That one never need to look beyond the love of money for explanation of human behavior is one of the most jealously guarded simplifications of our culture.
~ 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 in 1637, speculation has always been covered by a new paradigm.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith

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Money is a singular thing. It ranks with love as man’s greatest source of joy. And with death as his greatest source of anxiety. Over all history it has oppressed nearly all people in one of two ways: either it has been abundant and very unreliable, or reliable and very scarce.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith

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The present age of contentment will come to an end only when and if the adverse developments that it fosters challenge the sense of comfortable well-being.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith

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