Group-mentality Quote by Martin Luther King Jr

“My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and nonviolent pressure.…

— Martin Luther King Jr

“Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust posture; but... groups tend to be more immoral than individuals.”

— Martin Luther King Jr

Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust posture; but, as Reinhold Niebuhr has reminded us, groups are more immoral…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“Privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.”

— Martin Luther King Jr

History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Under what circumstances is it moral for a group to do that which is not moral for a member of that group to do…

— Robert A. Heinlein

Privileged groups, like everyone else, want to think well of themselves and to believe that they are acting generously and justly.

— Joanna Russ

“The moral attitudes of dominant and privileged groups are characterised by universal selfdeception and hypocrisy. The unconscious and conscious identification of their special interests…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

“To act on behalf of a group seems to free people of many of the moral restraints which control their behaviour as individuals within…

— Friedrich Hayek

“Selfishness is uncomfortable even for the selfish. Hence the rise of gated communities: the privileged don't like to be reminded of their privileges -…

— Tony Judt

“We live in a world where rights and privileges frequently get confused. Often, people think they have a “right to be happy” or a…

— Amy Morin

“By disobeying immoral orders, that individual preserves the institution's highest rank - dignity.”

— Bryant McGill