We – mankind – stand at the center of an evolutionary crisis, with a new evolutionary device – our consciousness of the crisis – as our unique contribution.
MARGARET MEADWe – mankind – stand at the center of an evolutionary crisis, with a new evolutionary device – our consciousness of the crisis – as our unique contribution.
MARGARET MEADInstead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful.
MARGARET MEADOnce any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.
MARGARET MEADToday’s children are the first generation to grow up in a world that has the power to destroy itself.
MARGARET MEADMotherhood is a biological fact, while fatherhood is a social invention.
MARGARET MEADOne of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night.
MARGARET MEAD[Partly as a consequence of male authority] prestige value always attaches to the activities of men.
MARGARET MEADI was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.
MARGARET MEADWe must recognize that beneath the superficial classifications of sex and race the same potentialities exist, recurring generation after generation, only to perish because society has no place for them.
MARGARET MEADNever 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 MEADWomen want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
MARGARET MEADHaving two bathrooms ruined the capacity to co-operate.
MARGARET MEADOne of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal and get away with it.
MARGARET MEADWarfare is just an invention, older and more widespread than the jury system, but none the less an invention.
MARGARET MEADWe 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.
MARGARET MEADInjustice experienced in the flesh, in deeply wounded flesh, is the stuff out of which change explodes.
MARGARET MEAD