No matter how free divorce, how frequently marriages break up, in most societies there is the assumption of permanent mating, of the idea that the marriage should last as long as both live. . . . No known society has… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
The contempt for law and the contempt for the human consequences of lawbreaking go from the bottom to the top of American society. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
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… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Women are scolded both for being mothers and for not being mothers, for wanting to eat their cake and have it too, and for… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
we came to realize that a civilization which rode roughshod over the way of life of other peoples was incorporating evil in its own… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Through a grandmother's voice and hands the end of life is known at the beginning. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
today's children are the first generation to grow up in a world that has the power to destroy itself. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Humanity . . . lies in man's capacity to question the known and imagine the unknown. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
“One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal and not be held responsible.… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
We end up with the contradictory picture of a society that appears to throw its doors wide open to women, but translates her every… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
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