Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
From John Kenneth Galbraith
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.
We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.
There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.
Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.
Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.
The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.
In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes.
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