Instead, either he wishes to do what other people do…

“At the beginning of human history, man lost some of the basic animal instincts in which an animal's behavior is embedded and by which…

— Viktor Emil Frankl

“even there, where the rejection of the system is taken for granted and for that reason a lax and cunning conformism of its own…

— Theodor W. Adorno

“Some killed from murderous conviction. But many others who killed were just afraid to stand out. other forces were at work besides conformism. But…

— Timothy Snyder

“Institutions are “stable, valued, recurring patterns of behavior,” as Huntington put it, the most important function of which is to facilitate collective action. Without…

— Anonymous

“The private realm of the household was the sphere where the necessities of life, of individual survival as well as of continuity of the…

— Hannah Arendt

Our Press and our schools cultivate Chauvinism, militarism, dogmatism, conformism and ignorance. The arbitrary power of the Government is unlimited, and unexampled in history;…

— Arthur Koestler

Violence represents the worst kind of conformism.

— Mario Vargas Llosa

The conformist understands that the reason of his desperate look for conformism is that he realises he is different and that he never accepted…

— Bernardo Bertolucci

“Human history is the ancient story of the umbilical conflict between a lone individual versus a cabalistic society. A love-hate relationship defines our personal…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Conformism is a potent statement, and as much as we do talk about individuality in fashion, there's a sense that people are fearful of…

— Erin O'Connor

“Cowen detects conformism even in the liveliest Silicon Valley companies. Most of its denizens wear some variation on the casual hipster uniform and all…

— Edward Luce

“Yeah,” Robertson nodded grimly. “It’s the whole problem, isn’t it? People just doing their jobs.”

— Krzysztof Pacyński

In late modernity we grow more and more accustomed to politicians and public figures who are indebted to their appetites for their "values," to…

— Kenny Smith

I make no concessions to conformism.

— Emmanuel Macron

[American] conformism might approximate collectivism, not so much in economic respects, and not too much in political respects, but very much in the pattern…

— Paul Tillich