Ordinary people, simply doing their jobs, and without any particular hostility on their part, can become agents in a terrible destructive process. Moreover, even when the destructive effects of their work become patently clear, and they are asked to carry out actions incompatible with fundamental standards of morality, relatively few people have the resources needed to resist authority. Stanley Milgram
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  2. Great leaders can see the greatness in others when they can’t see it themselves and lead them to their highest potential they don’t even know. - Roy T. Bennett

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More Quotes By Stanley Milgram
  1. Iterate. Iterate Iterate.

  2. You can't avoid success if you disown your fear.

  3. Failure is inevitable, success is optional.

  4. The uber successful are those who breed success in others.

  5. Those who win are those who think they can.

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