"Responsibility is a unique concept... You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still with you... If responsibility is rightfully yours, no evasion, or ignorance or passing the blame can shift the burden to someone else. Unless you can point your finger at the man who is responsible when something goes wrong, then you have never had anyone really responsible.
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Selected Quotes of John Kenneth Galbraith
"The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.
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"Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said.
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"Politics is not the art of the possible; It is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
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