John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes about Politics

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There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth.

There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Majority, Politics, Wonderful

The Guardian, July 28, 1989.

Anyone who says he won't resign four times, will.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Political, Four, Politics

You roll back the stones, and you find slithering things. That is the world of Richard Nixon.

John Kenneth Galbraith

World, Politics, Stones

Speech of Adlai Stevenson in Los Angeles, written by Galbraith, 1956.

The greater the wealth the thicker will be the dirt.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Political, Politics, Dirt

'The Affluent Society' (1958) ch. 18, sect. 2

There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Political, Politics, Sides

1968 In the Observer, 11 Feb.

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Political, Politics, Accomplished