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> [Every adult in the world has some sense that he or she might be obliterated at any time by these weapons that we have created.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jay-lifton/every-adult-in-the-world-has-some-sense-that-he-or-she-might-be/)

[Robert Jay Lifton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jay-lifton/)

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## More by Robert Jay Lifton

> [As a kid I was fascinated with sports, and I loved sports more than anything else. The first books I read were about sports,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jay-lifton/as-a-kid-i-was-fascinated-with-sports-and-i-loved-sports-more-than/)

[Robert Jay Lifton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jay-lifton/)

> [There's more and more recognition that a carbon economy is dangerous to us economically. And there is increasing recognition that renewable fuels have economic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jay-lifton/there-s-more-and-more-recognition-that-a-carbon-economy-is-dangerous/)

[Robert Jay Lifton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jay-lifton/)

> [I struggled with each of these studies and I was uncertain about what they meant, and often confused, and then I tried to put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jay-lifton/i-struggled-with-each-of-these-studies-and-i-was-uncertain-about-what/)

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> [And I was troubled by the heavy-handed prose of so much psychoanalytic writing, which seemed drowned in its own concepts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jay-lifton/and-i-was-troubled-by-the-heavy-handed-prose-of-so-much/)

[Robert Jay Lifton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jay-lifton/)

> [Donald Trump gives the impression that he would like to govern by decree. He has that impulse in him and he wants to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jay-lifton/donald-trump-gives-the-impression-that-he-would-like-to-govern-by/)

[Robert Jay Lifton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jay-lifton/)

> [There are people who believe that there should be a standard psychiatric examination for every presidential candidate and for every president. But these are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jay-lifton/there-are-people-who-believe-that-there-should-be-a-standard/)

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> [One reason that I embarked on a study of Nazi doctors was that in this personal journey, I had the feeling increasingly that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jay-lifton/one-reason-that-i-embarked-on-a-study-of-nazi-doctors-was-that-in/)

[Robert Jay Lifton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jay-lifton/)

> [We have a duty to warn on an individual basis if we are treating someone who may be dangerous to herself or to others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jay-lifton/we-have-a-duty-to-warn-on-an-individual-basis-if-we-are-treating/)

[Robert Jay Lifton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jay-lifton/)

> [“The ditties blend Japanese popular culture themes of saccharine, childlike goodness and viciously detached sadism, which Aum drew upon as it tapped the barely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jay-lifton/the-ditties-blend-japanese-popular-culture-themes-of-saccharine/)

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> [The scientists who made the atomic bomb are, in my sense, people with a tragic destiny. You know, there was the US race with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jay-lifton/the-scientists-who-made-the-atomic-bomb-are-in-my-sense-people-with-a/)

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> [“Psychologically, nothing is darker or more menacing, or harder to accept, than the participation of physicians in mass murder. However technicized or commercial the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jay-lifton/psychologically-nothing-is-darker-or-more-menacing-or-harder-to/)

[Robert Jay Lifton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jay-lifton/)

> [That is, we are bombarded by all kinds of images and influences and we have to fend some of them off if we're to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jay-lifton/that-is-we-are-bombarded-by-all-kinds-of-images-and-influences-and-we/)

[Robert Jay Lifton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jay-lifton/)

> [Donald Trump doesn't have clear contact with reality, though I'm not sure it qualifies as a bona fide delusion. He needs things to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jay-lifton/donald-trump-doesn-t-have-clear-contact-with-reality-though-i-m-not/)

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> [The language of the totalist environment is characterized by the thought-terminating cliché. The most far-reaching and complex of human problems are compressed into brief,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jay-lifton/the-language-of-the-totalist-environment-is-characterized-by-the/)

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> [People with what we call mental illness can indeed serve well, and people who have no discernible mental illness - and that may be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jay-lifton/people-with-what-we-call-mental-illness-can-indeed-serve-well-and/)

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