"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. It is an exercise which always involves a certain number of internal contradictions and even a few absurdities. The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character-building value of privation for the poor." — John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006), “Stop the Madness,” Interview with Rupert Cornwell, Toronto Globe and Mail (6 Jul 2002)
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