No 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.
MARGARET MEADIt used to be when we said, ”til death do us part,’ death parted us pretty soon. That’s why marriages used to last forever. Everybody was dead.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.
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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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Blackberry winter, the time when the hoarforst lies on the blackberry blossoms; without this frost the berries will not set. It is the forerunner of a rich harvest.
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The people of one nation alone cannot save their own children; each holds the responsibility for the others’ children.
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If a fish were an anthropologist, the last thing it would discover would be water.
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What is new is not bisexuality, but rather the widening of our awareness and acceptance of human capacities for sexual love.
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Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.
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Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we’ve put it in an impossible situation.
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The way in which each human infant is transformed into the finished adult, into the complicated individual version of his city and his century is one of the most fascinating studies open to the curious minded.
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Humanity lies in man’s capacity to question the known and imagine the unknown.
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There is no evidence that suggests women are naturally better at caring for children… with the fact of child-bearing out of the centre of attention, there is even more reason for treating girls first as human beings, then as women.
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Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
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For the human species to evolve, the conversation must deepen.
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Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
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