Ferdinand Lundberg Quotes

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Man has such a capacity for rationalization that when he finds himself affluent and able to spend as he pleases he is quick to justify his most indefensible expenditures on the ground that they give some people employment. There is probably no rich person who upon quaffing a glass of champagne does not experience a happy glow of pleasure at the thought of all the vintners, bottlers, freighters, and servants to whom his simple act has given livelihood.

Ferdinand Lundberg

Daycare is a system that guarantees, beyond doubt, a steady quota of neurotics for society...

Ferdinand Lundberg

The United States, it is apparent even to the blind, is a nightmare of contradictions.

Ferdinand Lundberg

Apologists for the profession contend that lawyers are as honest as other men, but this is not very encouraging.

Ferdinand Lundberg

Ferdinand Lundberg

Ferdinand Lundberg

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Born: April 30, 1902

Died: January 3, 1995 (aged 92)

Bio: Ferdinand Lundberg was an American journalist known for his frequent and potent criticism of American financial and political institutions. His work has been credited as influences on Robert Caro, Ralph Nader, Betty Friedan, and others.

Known for:

America's 60 Families (1937)
Imperial Hearst (1936)
The treason of the people (1954)
Modern Woman: The Lost Sex (1977)

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