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… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority.… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share
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 Copy Share
It may be that we are puppets-puppets controlled by the strings of society. But at least we are puppets with perception, with awareness. And… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share
When an individual wishes to stand in opposition to authority, he does best to find support for his position from others in his group.… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share
Each individual possesses a conscience which to a greater or lesser degree serves to restrain the unimpeded flow of impulses destructive to others. But… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share
“It has been reliably established that from 1933 to 1945 millions of innocent people were systematically slaughtered on command. Gas chambers were built, death… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share
I would say, on the basis of having observe a thousand people in the experiment and having my own intuition shaped and informed by… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share
The state produced in the laboratory may be likened to a light doze, compared to the profound slumber induced by the preponent authority system… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share
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… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share
The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority. — Stanley Milgram Copy Share
The soldier does not wish to appear a coward, disloyal, or un-American. The situation has been so defined that he can see himself as… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share
Although a person acting under authority performs actions that seem to violate standards of conscience, it would not be true to say that he… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share
Some system of authority is a requirement of all communal living, and it is only the man dwelling in isolation who is not forced… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share
