Thought Reform Quotes

“this is the way of the Communists - using good words to do bad things”
― Robert Jay Lifton, Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of 'Brainwashing' in China

“Although force is often used, it is not essential. Many cults woo their victims with love, rather than brutality.”
― Kathleen Taylor, Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control

“...when he witnessed his first struggle (against another prisoner) - during which the cell chief urged everyone to "help" the man under fire - he thought to himself:

"So this is the way of the Communists - using good words to do bad things”
― Robert Jay Lifton, Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of 'Brainwashing' in China

“He summed up his admiration-tinged condemnation of the Communists in the simple statement: "They lie so truly.”
― Robert Jay Lifton, Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of 'Brainwashing' in China