The people of one nation alone cannot save their own children; each holds the responsibility for the others’ children.
MARGARET MEADWe have nowhere else to go, this is all we have.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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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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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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Home, I learned, can be anywhere you make it. Home is also the place to which you come back again and again.
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You know you love someone when you cannot put into words how they make you feel.
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.
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Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.
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For the human species to evolve, the conversation must deepen.
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Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
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As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily, to appreciate more lovingly, our own.
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Somehow, we have to get older people back close to growing children if we are to restore a sense of community, acquire knowledge of the past, and provide a sense of the future.
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No matter how many communes anybody invents, the family always creeps back.
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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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One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night.
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There is no greater power in the world than the zest of a postmenopausal woman.
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The time has come, I think, when we must recognize bisexuality as a normal form of human behavior.
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