Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the passion of individuals.
MARGARET MEADNever ever depend on governments or institutions to solve any major problems. All social change comes from the passion of individuals.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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Through a grandmother’s voice and hands the end of life is known at the beginning.
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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 Samoan puts the burden of amatory success upon the man and believes that women need more initiating, more time for maturing of sexual feeling. A man who fails to satisfy a woman is looked upon as a clumsy, inept blunderer.
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Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn’t burn up any fossil fuel, doesn’t pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.
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The atmosphere is the key symbol of global interdependence.
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Human beings seem to hold on more tenaciously to a cultural identity that is learned through suffering than to one that has been acquired through pleasure and delight.
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Manners, really good ones, make it possible to live with almost anyone, gracefully and pleasantly.
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Humanity lies in man’s capacity to question the known and imagine the unknown.
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There are now no elders who know more than the young themselves about what the young are experiencing.
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What we lack is not so much leisure to do as time to reflect and time to feel. What we seldom “take” is time to experience the things that have happened, the things that are happening, the things that are still ahead of us.
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For the human species to evolve, the conversation must deepen.
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We must have a place where children can have a whole group of adults they can trust.
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It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.
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If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls of the university and laboratory until one gets a better grasp of one’s subject matter.
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You can no longer save your family, tribe or nation. You can only save the whole world.
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