Margaret Singer

"Professor Margaret Singer dies at 82: Former UC educator was psychologist, champion of free thought and an expert on cults", Alameda Times-Star, November 27, 2003, Katherine Pfrommer, cited in Rick Ro…"

"An estimated 5,000 economic, political, and religious groups operate in the United States alone at any given time, with 2.5 million members. Over the last ten years, cults have used tactics of coerciv…"

"I started hearing from families who had missing members, many of them young kids on our campus, and they all would describe the same sorts of things. A sudden change of personality, a new way of talki…"

"Just look up to the sky and talk to God yourself. You don't need an organization to do that. …They're all the same, really, these groups — they prey on the most lonely, vulnerable people they can find…"

"Margaret Singer -- expert on brainwashing, San Francisco Chronicle, November 25, 2003"

"While everyone is influenced and persuaded daily in various ways, vulnerability to influence fluctuates. The ability to fend off persuaders is reduced when one is exhausted, rushed, stressed, uncertai…"

"The public takes care of their fear by thinking only crazies and stupid people wind up in cults. I've interviewed over 4000 ex-cult members. There's no one type of person who is vulnerable."

"A Loss for the Family Field: The Death of Margaret T. Singer, Family Process, March 1, 2004, Lyman C. Wynne"