once we realize that obedience to authority is mostly rewarding, it is easy to allow ourselves the convenience of automatic obedience. - Robert B. Cialdini

we all fool ourselves from time to time in order to keep our thoughts and beliefs consistent with what we have already done or decided

All things being equal, you root for your own sex, your own culture, your own locality…and what you want to prove is that you are better than the other person. Whomever you root for represents you; and when he wins, you win.”88

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.