"Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory." ― John Kenneth Galbraith Topic(s): Politics More From John Kenneth Galbraith "Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable." "War remains the decisive human failure." "Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all." More In Politics "Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together."― Edmund Burke "I believe that one of the things I’ve tried to do is work hard and take the business very seriously."― Ryan Seacrest "Ferdinand was a gold trader. He was a lawyer for mining companies. When he entered politics in l949, he had tons and tons of gold. When Bill Gates was a college dropout, Ferdinand already possessed billions of dollars and tons of gold. It wasn’t stolen."― Imelda Marcos