From the fact of general well-being came the new position of the poor. They were now in most communities a minority. The voice of the people was now the voice of relative affluence. Politicians in pursuit of votes could be expected to have a diminishing concern for the very poor. Compassion would have to serve instead - an uncertain substitute.


A life in our times: memoirs (ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1981) - ISBN: 9780395305096

John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

From the fact of general well-being came the new position of the poor. They were now in most communities a minority. The voice of the people was now...

From the fact of general well-being came the new position of the poor. They were now in most communities a minority. The voice of the people was now...

From the fact of general well-being came the new position of the poor. They were now in most communities a minority. The voice of the people was now...

From the fact of general well-being came the new position of the poor. They were now in most communities a minority. The voice of the people was now...