Arthur Koestler Groups Quotations

The evils of mankind are caused, not by the primary aggressiveness of individuals, but by their self-transcending identification with groups whose common denominator is low intelligence and high emotionality.

The more backwoodish a social group, juvenile or adult, the stricter its conception of the normal, and the readier it will ridicule any departure from it.

The individual is not a killer, but the group is, and by identifying with it the individual is transformed into a killer.