The people of one nation alone cannot save their own children; each holds the responsibility for the others’ children.
MARGARET MEADOur first and most pressing problem is how to do away with warfare as a method of solving conflicts between national groups within a society who have different views about how the society is to run.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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We know of no culture that has said, articulately, that there is no difference between men and women except in the way they contribute to the creation of the next generation.
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Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
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With the exception of the few cases to be discussed in the next chapter, adolescence represented no period of crisis or stress, but was instead an orderly developing of a set of slowly maturing interests and activities.
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An ideal culture is one that makes a place for every human gift.
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Sometimes, instead of helping people to advance, a discovery or an invention holds them back.
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Women have an important contribution to make.
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You can never have a relationship with someone whose smell you don’t like.
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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.
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Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
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We have nowhere else to go, this is all we have.
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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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It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.
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Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time.
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Never ever depend on governments or institutions to solve any major problems. All social change comes from the passion of individuals.
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It 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.
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