In these matters, as often in our culture, it is far, far better to be wrong in a respectable way than to be right for the wrong reasons. (John Kenneth Galbraith)

In these matters, as often in our culture, it is far, far better to be wrong in a respectable way than to be right for the wrong reasons.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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