There is no hierarchy of values by which one culture has the right to insist on all its own values and deny those of another.
MARGARET MEAD
MARGARET MEAD
Margaret Mead on culture
Margaret Mead145 quotes“There is no hierarchy of values by which one culture has the right to insist on all its own values and deny those of another.”
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