"In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued
 above thought, and self-surrender is valued above self-expression,
 and conformity is valued above integrity, those who preserve their
 self-esteem are likely to be heroic exceptions."
     [Nathaniel Branden, _The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem_,
      Bantam Books, (New York, 1994), p. 296]