Cumulative Record: Definitive Edition (1999). Chapter 3: Some Issues Concerning the Control of Human Behavior. Quote 17 Post author:B. F. Skinner Foundation Post published:March 16, 2021 Post category:Skinner's Quote of the Day If we are worthy of our democratic heritage we shall, of course, be ready to resist any tyrannical use of science for immediate, selfish purposes. (p. 38) You Might Also Like Science and Human Behavior, Chapter 7: Operant Discrimination, Quote 22 May 12, 2016 Recent Issues. Chapter 12: The Behavior of Organisms at Fifty. Quote 16 April 22, 2019 About Behaviorism, Chapter 11: The Self and Others, Quote 10 July 21, 2017