A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Conservatism should guide; it usually paralyzes. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself. – Rita Mae Brown, Venus Envy

The minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables it to organize and sway the emotions of the masses, and make its tool of them. – Albert Einstein, letter to Sigmund Freud, 1932 July 30th