If inheritance qualifies one for office, intelligence cannot be a requirement. - John Kenneth Galbraith

Ideas do not respect national frontiers, and this is especially so where language and other traditions are in common.

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

I react to what is necessary. I would like to eschew any formula. There are some things where the government is absolutely inevitable, which we cannot get along without comprehensive state action. But there are many things — producing consumer goods, producing a wide range of entertainment, producing a wide level of cultural activity — where the market system, which independent activity is also important, so I react pragmatically. Where the market works, I'm for that. Where the government is necessary, I'm for that. I'm deeply suspicious of somebody who says, "I'm in favor of privatization," or, "I'm deeply in favor of public ownership." I'm in favor of whatever works in the particular case.