"Moreover, where goals are pursued through earning money, climbing the status ladder or functioning as part of the sys…"

"This applies also to the technology of human behavior. In a world in which most children are put through a program to…"

"In primitive societies, physical necessities generally fall into group 2: They can be obtained, but only at the cost …"

"It is true that some individuals seem to have little need for autonomy. Either their drive for power is weak or they …"

"But for most people it is through the power process having a goal, making an AUTONOMOUS effort and attaining the goal…"

"We attribute the social and psychological problems of modern society to the fact that that society requires people to…"

"It is well known that crowding increases stress and aggression. The degree of crowding that exists today and the isol…"

"On the growing edge of the American frontier during the 19th century, the mobility of the population probably broke d…"

"Modern man has the sense (largely justified) that change is IMPOSED on him, whereas the 19th century frontiersman had…"

"Thus the power process is disrupted in our society through a deficiency of real goals and a deficiency of autonomy in…"