J. K. Galbraith said this quote

“ Humour is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention. But it has no persuasive value at all. ”

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Washington is a place where men praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations.

~ J. K. Galbraith

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 wage differential. Anything more than that and you went to Detroit.

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A person buying ordinary products in a supermarket is in touch with his deepest emotions.

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No intelligence system can predict what a government will do if it doesn't know itself.

~ J. K. Galbraith