It is not so much the kind of person a man is as the kind of situation in which he finds himself that determines how he will act.

And perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation.

The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to 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.

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 and he therefore no longer regards himself as responsible for his actions.

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.