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The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
John Kenneth Galbraith
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— John Kenneth Galbraith

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John Kenneth Galbraith was a Economist from Canada (1908–2006).

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John Kenneth Galbraith lived from 1908 – 2006.