# Quote — John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society

> Ideas are inherently conservative. They yield not to the attack of other ideas but to the massive onslaught of circumstance with which they cannot contend.

- Author: [John Kenneth Galbraith](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-kenneth-galbraith.md)
- Book: [The Affluent Society](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-kenneth-galbraith/the-affluent-society.md)
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