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Black-and-white photo of a serious middle-aged man with swept-back dark hair, wearing a tweed jacket and tie, in front of crowded bookshelves. Below, white text on a dark navy background reads: "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

Galbraith on the Search for Moral Selfishness

A John Kenneth Galbraith quote on conservatism and selfishness, shared as political humor for Xennials who learned civics and economics from old textbooks.

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Black-and-white photo of a serious middle-aged man with swept-back dark hair, wearing a tweed jacket and tie, in front of crowded bookshelves. Below, white text on a dark navy background reads: "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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