Quote by Stanley Milgram
"People rationalize their obedience through various psychological mechanisms: shifting responsibility, cognitive reinterpretation, denial."
More from Stanley Milgram
"The individual who is forced to act against his conscience is a prime subject for thought reform."
"Obedience is not something shameful but a fundamental mechanism that evolved in human nature."
"The capacity for man to abandon his humanity is as profound as his ability to express it."
"A person may know the right thing to do but still not do it when authority commands otherwise."