Thought Reform

Thought reform can refer to:

  • Mind control (or brainwashing, or coercive persuasion)
  • Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism, book by Robert Jay Lifton

Famous quotes containing the words thought and/or reform:

    “Close to the academy in this town they have erected a sort of gallows for the pupils to practice on. I thought that they might as well hang at once all who need to go through such exercises in so new a country, where there is nothing to hinder their living an outdoor life. Better omit Blair, and take the air.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “And let Reform her columns roll.
    With thunder peal, and lightening flash.
    We’ll preach deliverance to the soul.
    ‘Mid proud Oppression’s waning crash.”
    —Ignis, U.S. women’s magazine contributor. The Genius of Liberty, pp. 9-10 (November 1853)