"Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable."

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Words carry weight, and John Kenneth Galbraith's insight into politics is no exception. It serves as a gentle reminder that amidst the chaos of modern life, timeless wisdom still holds the power to guide our decisions and clarify our values.

About John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith, also known as J. K. Galbraith or Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s. As an economist, he leaned toward post-Keynesian economics from an institutionalist perspective. He served as the deputy director of the powerful Office of Price Administration (OPA) during World War II in charge of stabilizing all prices, wages and rents in the American economy, to combat the threat of inflation and hoarding during a time of shortages and rationing, a task which was successfully accomplished.

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"The individual serves the industrial system not by supplying it with savings and the resulting capital; he serves it by consuming its products."

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"It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state."

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"The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events."

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"The next war... may well bury Western civilization forever."

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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"This is a very important relationship we have with Russia, the relationship over the nuclear arsenal that they have obviously is important. They're a very powerful country."

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"Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married."

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"If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher."

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