The language of the totalist environment is characterized by the thought-terminating cliché. — Robert Jay Lifton
The one-sided exploitation of existential guilt is thought reform’s trump card, and — Robert Jay Lifton
I’m a brooklyn boy. I was born in brooklyn, new york, and raised there, and spent most of my childhood there. — Robert Jay Lifton
Sometimes it’s said that psychiatrists are doctors who are frightened by the sight of blood. — Robert Jay Lifton
I did the first study because I had been exposed to something that I took to be important and interesting — Robert Jay Lifton
But when I went to hiroshima and began to study or just listen to people’s descriptions of their work — Robert Jay Lifton
It was because of my deep concerns about nuclear weapons that I went to hiroshima. — Robert Jay Lifton
I don’t have the feeling that as a very young person I read books that absolutely made their mark on my mind. — Robert Jay Lifton
As a kid I was fascinated with sports, and I loved sports more than anything else. — Robert Jay Lifton
Again, I was influenced by my father, who was very much an atheist and took pride in combating — Robert Jay Lifton
But I spent just two calendar years at cornell university, though it was covering more than three years of work — Robert Jay Lifton
I never quite envisioned myself a proper doctor under that white coat, but I was interested — Robert Jay Lifton
When I was still in my psychiatric residency training in new york city, I was subjected to the — Robert Jay Lifton
The other thing that happened was my last military assignment – this was in the air force — Robert Jay Lifton
And I managed to arrange to get some research support and to stay in hong kong for another year and a half — Robert Jay Lifton
It may sound terrible, but I often say that the military saved me from a conventional life in the united states — Robert Jay Lifton
And I thought about the psychic numbing involved in strategic projections of using hydrogen — Robert Jay Lifton
That is, we are bombarded by all kinds of images and influences and we have to fend some of them — Robert Jay Lifton
Every adult in the world has some sense that he or she might be obliterated at any. — Robert Jay Lifton
I learned a lot from vietnam veterans, especially as some of them turned against their own war. — Robert Jay Lifton
I struggled with each of these studies and I was uncertain about what they meant, and often confused — Robert Jay Lifton
One reason that I embarked on a study of nazi doctors was that in this personal journey, I had the feeling — Robert Jay Lifton