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Stanley Milgram Quotes

Even Eichmann was sickened when he toured the concentration camps Picture Quote #1

But the culture has failed, almost entirely, in inculcating internal controls on actions that have their origin in authority. For this reason, the latter constitutes a far greater danger to human survival Picture Quote #1

The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority Picture Quote #1

And perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation Picture Quote #1

Relatively few people have the resources needed to resist authority Picture Quote #1

I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority. This view sustains a conception of human dignity insofar as it sees in each man a capacity for choosing his own behavior. And as it turned out, many subjects did, indeed, choose to reject the experimenter’s commands, providing a powerful affirmation of human ideals Picture Quote #1

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The social psychology of this century reveals a major lesson: often it is not so much the kind of person a man is as the kind of situation in which he finds himself that determines how he will act Picture Quote #1

For a person to feel responsible for his actions, he must sense that the behavior has flowed from the self Picture Quote #1

Some system of authority is a requirement of all communal living, and it is only the man dwelling in isolation who is not forced to respond, through defiance or submission, to the commands of others Picture Quote #1

Obedience is the psychological mechanism that links individual action to political purpose. It is the dispositional cement that binds men to systems of authority Picture Quote #1

Each individual possesses a conscience which to a greater or lesser degree serves to restrain the unimpeded flow of impulses destructive to others. But when he merges his person into an organizational structure, a new creature replaces autonomous man, unhindered by the limitations of individual morality, freed of humane inhibition, mindful only of the sanctions of authority Picture Quote #1

It is easy to ignore responsibility when one is only an intermediate link in a chain of action Picture Quote #1

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Only in action can you fully realize the forces operative in social behavior. That is why I am an experimentalist Picture Quote #1

Perhaps the challenge is to invent the political structure that will give conscience a better chance against authority Picture Quote #1

A substantial proportion of people do what they are told to do, irrespective of the content of the act, and without pangs of conscience, so long as they perceive that the command comes from a legitimate authority Picture Quote #1

It is not so much the kind of person a man is as the kind of situation in which he finds himself that determines how he will act Picture Quote #1

The essence in obedience consists in the fact that a person comes to view himself as an instrument for carrying out another person’s wishes and he therefore no longer regards himself as responsible for his actions Picture Quote #1

Ordinary people, simply doing their jobs, and without any particular hostility on their part, can become agents in a terrible destructive process. Moreover, even when the destructive effects of their work become patently clear, and they are asked to carry out actions incompatible with fundamental standards of morality, relatively few people have the resources needed to resist authority Picture Quote #1

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When an individual wishes to stand in opposition to authority, he does best to find support for his position from others in his group. The mutual support provided by men for each other is the strongest bulwark we have against the excesses of authority Picture Quote #1

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Even Eichmann was sickened when he toured the concentration camps (Stanley Milgram Quotes) But the culture has failed, almost entirely, in inculcating internal controls on actions that have their origin in authority. For this reason, the latter constitutes a far greater danger to human survival (Stanley Milgram Quotes) The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority (Stanley Milgram Quotes) And perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation (Stanley Milgram Quotes) Relatively few people have the resources needed to resist authority (Stanley Milgram Quotes) I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority. This view sustains a conception of human dignity insofar as it sees in each man a capacity for choosing his own behavior. And as it turned out, many subjects did, indeed, choose to reject the experimenter’s commands, providing a powerful affirmation of human ideals (Stanley Milgram Quotes) The social psychology of this century reveals a major lesson: often it is not so much the kind of person a man is as the kind of situation in which he finds himself that determines how he will act (Stanley Milgram Quotes) For a person to feel responsible for his actions, he must sense that the behavior has flowed from the self (Stanley Milgram Quotes) Some system of authority is a requirement of all communal living, and it is only the man dwelling in isolation who is not forced to respond, through defiance or submission, to the commands of others (Stanley Milgram Quotes) Obedience is the psychological mechanism that links individual action to political purpose. It is the dispositional cement that binds men to systems of authority (Stanley Milgram Quotes) Each individual possesses a conscience which to a greater or lesser degree serves to restrain the unimpeded flow of impulses destructive to others. But when he merges his person into an organizational structure, a new creature replaces autonomous man, unhindered by the limitations of individual morality, freed of humane inhibition, mindful only of the sanctions of authority (Stanley Milgram Quotes) It is easy to ignore responsibility when one is only an intermediate link in a chain of action (Stanley Milgram Quotes) Only in action can you fully realize the forces operative in social behavior. That is why I am an experimentalist (Stanley Milgram Quotes) Perhaps the challenge is to invent the political structure that will give conscience a better chance against authority (Stanley Milgram Quotes) A substantial proportion of people do what they are told to do, irrespective of the content of the act, and without pangs of conscience, so long as they perceive that the command comes from a legitimate authority (Stanley Milgram Quotes) It is not so much the kind of person a man is as the kind of situation in which he finds himself that determines how he will act (Stanley Milgram Quotes) The essence in obedience consists in the fact that a person comes to view himself as an instrument for carrying out another person’s wishes and he therefore no longer regards himself as responsible for his actions (Stanley Milgram Quotes) Ordinary people, simply doing their jobs, and without any particular hostility on their part, can become agents in a terrible destructive process. Moreover, even when the destructive effects of their work become patently clear, and they are asked to carry out actions incompatible with fundamental standards of morality, relatively few people have the resources needed to resist authority (Stanley Milgram Quotes) When an individual wishes to stand in opposition to authority, he does best to find support for his position from others in his group. The mutual support provided by men for each other is the strongest bulwark we have against the excesses of authority (Stanley Milgram Quotes)