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“I don't belong to a church or political party or a group of any kind. I feel that Amnesty International is the most civilized organization in history. Its currency is the written word. Its weapon is the letter; that's why I am a member. I believe in its non-violence; I believe in its effectiveness. Its dignity and its sense of commitment. Its focus on individuals and the concentration and tenacity with which they defend those imprisoned for their ideas has earned it the cautious respect of repressive governments throughout the world.”

Source: Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

“We, who think like animals living in small groups, must structure a global world. We believe in universal human rights and believe racism and war are wrong. On the other hand, it is our nature to be cooperative and loving almost exclusively with the members of the group to which we feel we belong.”

Thinking World Feels Believe Humans War Hands Animal Rights Groups Members Racism Universal Structure Human Rights Small Groups Cooperatives

Author:Frans de Waal

“Christianity thinks of human individuals not as mere members of a group or items in a list, but as organs in a body-different from one another and each contributing what no other could.”

Thinking Humans Different Body Individual Christianity Groups Members Mere Lists Organs Items Contributing

Book:Mere Christianity

Source: Mere Christianity

“We envy only those whom we feel ourselves to be like; we envy only members of our reference group. There are few successes more unendurable than those of our close friends.”

Feels Groups Members Envy Close Friends Unendurable

Author:Alain de Botton

“If I, the group leader, expect you, the group member, to be weak, then I elicit the weak part of you. If I expect you to be able to cope, I elicit your strength.”

Ifs Able Leader Groups Members Weak

Author:William Schutz

“Though representatives of many ethnic groups came together in the United States, English became their common language. Apparently, this was a natural choice. One can imagine what would have happened if members of each nation moving to the U.S. had spoken only their own tongues and refused to learn English.”

Ifs States Together Moving Choices Language Nations Natural United Common United States Imagine Happened Groups Members Tongue Representatives Ethnic Groups Common Language

Author:Mikhail Gorbachev

“Any group or "collective", large or small, is only a number of individuals. A group can have no rights other than the rights of its individual members.”

Individual Numbers Rights Groups Members Collectives

Book:Ayn Rand Reader

Source: Ayn Rand Reader

“The Rule of 150 says that congregants of a rapidly expanding church, or the members of a social club, or anyone in a group activity banking on the epidemic spread of shared ideals needs to be particularly cognizant of the perils of the bigness. Crossing the 150 line is a small change that can make a big difference.”

Needs Bigs Social Differences Church Lines Groups Activity Members Ideals Clubs Spread Banking Expanding Peril Crossings Epidemics Small Changes Cognizant

Author:Malcolm Gladwell

“The difference between a healthy group or organization and an unhealthy one lies in its members' awareness and ability to acknowledge their felt needs to conform.”

Needs Lying Felt Differences Ability Groups Awareness Healthy Members Organization Acknowledge Conform Unhealthy

Book:Presence: Exploring Profound Change in People, Organizations and Society

Source: Presence: Exploring Profound Change in People, Organizations and Society

“Before a vision (dream) can become a reality, it must be owned by every member of the group.”

Dream Reality Vision Groups Members

Author:Phil Jackson

“The instinctive need to be the member of a closely knit group fighting for common ideals may grow so strong that it becomes inessential what these ideals are.”

Needs May Fighting Strong Grows Common Groups Members Ideals

Book:On aggression

Source: On aggression

“First group impressions can mask a lot of individual variations in the members.”

Firsts Individual Groups Members Impression Mask Variation

Author:Carolyn Hax

“A functional team must make the collective results of the group more important to each individual than individual members' goals.”

Important Individual Goal Results Groups Team Members Collectives

Book:The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Enhanced Edition: A Leadership Fable

Source: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Enhanced Edition: A Leadership Fable

“Every other group helps its own members. Women should, too. Be sisters.”

Should Helping Groups Members

Book:No Excuses: Nine Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power

Source: No Excuses: Nine Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power

“I think you get to see, through the different cult members, why people are attracted to a group like this. Everyone is there for a different reason and from a different background. That was part of what was interesting for us, in researching cults and exploring it. A lot of this happens in California.”

People Thinking Different Reason Happens Interesting Groups Members Backgrounds California Exploring Cult Different Backgrounds

Author:Brit Marling

“My best business decision was to be independent as a musician and artist. My worst was compromising on certain aspects of a deal for the sake of other members of my group when I shouldn't have, because I was right in the end.”

Ends Artist Certain Decision Deals Groups Worst Members Musician Aspect Independent Sake Compromise Best Business Business Decisions

Author:Ziggy Marley

“Oh, he was probably a member of the National Rifle Association. It was a group that helped criminals get guns so they could shoot citizens. It was a public service.”

Groups Citizens Members Gun Criminals Association Public Service Rifles

Author:Woody Allen

“Gays seem to be at the bottom of the pecking order: no matter how far down the pecking order another group is, its members still feel superior to and have no problem picking on gays.”

Feels Stills Matter Problem Seems Order Groups Gay Members Bottom Superiors No Problem Pecking Order

Book:Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in Our Free Country

Source: Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in Our Free Country

“Satan delegates high-ranking members of the hierarchy of evil spirits to control nations, regions, cities, tribes, people groups, neighborhoods and other significant social networks of human beings throughout the world. Their major assignment is to prevent God from being glorified in their territory, which they do through directing the activity of lower-ranking demons.”

Source: Supernatural Forces in Spiritual Warfare: Wrestling with Dark Angels

“At one time, due to the reluctance of cult groups to allow members to dialogue with their families and professionals about their involvement (or even to allow families access to a loved one) -"involuntary deprogramming" became the choice of some families as a last resort.”

Lasts Choices Groups Members Dues Access Dialogue One Time Loved Ones Cult Resorts Involvement Involuntary Reluctance

Author:Rick Ross

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