Philip G. Zimbardo Quotes



Best The Lucifer Effect Quotes by Philip G. Zimbardo

The Lucifer Effect Quotes

“A good way to avoid crimes of obedience is to assert one’s personal authority and always take full responsibility for one’s actions.”

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“Bad systems create bad situations, create bad apples, create bad behaviors. Even in good people.”

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“Before I knew that a man could kill a man, because it happens all the time. Now I know that even the person with whom you've shared food, or whom you've slept, even he can kill you with no trouble. The closest neighbor can kill you with his teeth: that is what I have learned since the genocide, and my eyes no longer gaze the same on the face of the world.”

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“Evil consists in intentionally behaving in ways that harm, abuse, demean, dehumanize, or destroy innocent others – or using one’s authority and systemic power to encourage or permit others to do so on your behalf.”

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“Fear is the State's psychological weapon of choice to frighten citizens into sacrificing their basic freedoms and rule-of-law protections in exchange for the security promised by their all-powerful government.”

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