Quotes from Stanley Milgram

Behavior prior to this rupture is termed obedience. The point of rupture is the act of disobedience.

Obedience is the psychological mechanism that links individual action to political purpose. It is the dispositional cement that binds men to systems of authority.

Some system of authority is a requirement of all communal living, and it is only the man dwelling in isolation who is not forced to respond, through defiance or submission, to the commands of others.

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

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.