B.F. Skinner - Each of us has interests which conflict the interests of...

Each of us has interests which conflict the interests of everybody else.. 'everybody else' we call 'society'. It's a powerful opponent and it always wins. Oh, here and there an individual prevails for a while and gets what he wants. Sometimes he storms the culture of a society and changes it to his own advantage. But society wins in the long run, for it has the advantage of numbers and of age.