Arms Quote by Douglas MacArthur

Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda of fear.

— Douglas MacArthur

“Many historians have noted an interesting phenomenon in American life in the years immediately after a war. In the councils of government fierce partisanship…

— E.L. Doctorow

“The war mentality represents an unfortunate confluence of ignorance, fear, prejudice, and profit. ... The ignorance exists in its own right and is further…

— Gabor Maté

It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred…

— John Boyd Orr

All these stories are grist to the mill of the government because they build up a very useful war psychosis.

— Helen Suzman

We think of bulimia and anorexia as either a bizarre psychosis, or as a quirky little habit, a phase, or as a thing that…

— Marya Hornbacher

“Wetiko psychosis is at the very root of humanity's inhumanity to itself in all its various forms. As a species, we need to step…

— Paul Levy

Conventional psychiatry has emphasized the genetic roots of psychosis based on the claim that twin and other studies show that schizophrenia is 80% heritable,…

— Richard Bentall

LSD was not a pharmacological agent generating exotic experiences by its interaction with the neurophysiological processes in the brain. This remarkable substance was clearly…

— Stanislav Grof

“Schizofrenia pana la ultima ei limita, refuzul total al oricarei realitati decat cea a visului, al oricarui adevar decat al viziunii.”

— Gellu Naum

In the Middle Ages, psychosis may have involved visions of the devil, snakes, or witches. In the 21st century, it can involve dressing in…

— Zeynep Tufekci

I spent months searching for some secret code before I realized that common sense has nothing to do with it. Hysteria, psychosis, torture, depression:…

— David Sedaris