For a person to feel responsible for his actions, he must sense that the behavior has flowed from the self.

It is easy to ignore responsibility when one is only an intermediate link in a chain of action.

Perhaps the challenge is to invent the political structure that will give conscience a better chance against authority.

For a person to feel responsible for his actions, he must sense that the behavior has flowed from the self.

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 patriotic, courageous, and manly only through compliance.

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 perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation. (1974)

Relatively few people have the resources needed to resist authority.