WE MUST DEVISE A SYSTEM IN WHICH PEACE IS MORE REWARDING THAN WAR.
MARGARET MEADNo country that permits firearms to be widely and randomly distributed among its population – especially firearms that are capable of wounding and killing human beings – can expect to escape violence, and a great deal of violence.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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What the world needs is not romantic lovers who are sufficient unto themselves, but husbands and wives who live in communities, relate to other people, carry on useful work and willingly give time and attention to their children.
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Manners, really good ones, make it possible to live with almost anyone, gracefully and pleasantly.
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Earth Day is the first holy day…and is devoted to the harmony of nature… The celebration offends no historical calendar, yet it transcends them all.
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Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.
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We need every human gift and cannot afford to neglect any gift because of artificial barriers of sex or race or class or national origin.
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The negative cautions of science are never popular.
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A small group of thoughtful people could change the world.
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The problem with America today is that too many people know too much about not enough.
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I suddenly realized that through no act of my own I had become biologically related to a new human being.
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Even though the ship may go down, the journey goes on.
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I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.
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We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet.
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There is no greater insight into the future than recognizing when we save our children, we save ourselves
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The need to find meaning is as real as the need for trust and for love, for relations with other human beings.
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Parents feel like immigrants in the country of the young.
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