[PW] ?Galbraith quote

[Jeanne Schramm]

According to LexisNexis,
"J K *Galbraith* says on Nov 6 that he believes Pres Nixon will
*resign*because 'Galbriath's Law states that anyone who says he won't
*resign 4 times,* will,' "news conf  New York Times, Nov. 7, 1973, p32, col.
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Jeanne Schramm, WLSC, W. Liberty, WV  26074

On 3/14/07, John Henderson <jhenderson at ithaca.edu> wrote:
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> The Galbraith Score has recently appeared among the blogs in light of
> speculation whether or not Attorney General Gonzales will resign. It
> is based on a supposed quotation of John Kenneth Galbraith: "Anyone
> who says four times that he won't resign, will" I can't find the
> quote in any of our favorite quotation books, and the earliest I can
> find it online is only as far back as December 2004 in
> crookedtimber.org where the blogger passes on "a fantastic old quote
> from JK Galbraith." It does not show up in jstor, lexis-nexis, or
> GoogleBooks. Can any of you authenticate it?
>
> John Henderson
> Ithaca College Library
> jhenderson at ithaca.edu
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