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 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Relatively few people have the resources needed to resist authority. — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority. — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
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 Image
