These are the days when men of all social disciplines and all political faiths seek the comfortable and the accepted; when the man of controversy is looked upon as a disturbing influence; when originality is taken to be a mark of instability; and when, in minor modification of the scriptural parable, the bland lead the bland.


The Affluent Society (1958) ch. 1

John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

These are the days when men of all social disciplines and all political faiths seek the comfortable and the accepted; when the man of controversy is...

These are the days when men of all social disciplines and all political faiths seek the comfortable and the accepted; when the man of controversy is...

These are the days when men of all social disciplines and all political faiths seek the comfortable and the accepted; when the man of controversy is...

These are the days when men of all social disciplines and all political faiths seek the comfortable and the accepted; when the man of controversy is...