I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world. - Margaret Mead
Young people are moving away from feeling guilty about sleeping with somebody to feeling guilty if they are *not* sleeping with someone. - Margaret Mead
Instead 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 Mead
I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce. - Margaret Mead
Having someone wonder where you are when you don't come home at night is a very old human need. - Margaret Mead
Women want mediocre men, and men are working to become as mediocre as possible. - Margaret Mead
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtfully committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead
There is no greater insight into the future than recognizing...when we save our children, we save ourselves - Margaret Mead
No society that feeds its children on tales of successful violence can expect them not to believe that violence in the end is rewarded. - Margaret Mead
One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal an get away with it. - Margaret Mead
There is no reason to think a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens cannot change the world; Indeed, that's the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead
Mothers are a biological necessity; fathers are a social invention. - Margaret Mead
Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead
Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. - Margaret Mead
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world: indeed it's the only thing that ever has! - Margaret Mead
Our 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. - Margaret Mead
It is easier to change a man's religion than to change his diet. - Margaret Mead
The young, free to act on their initiative, can lead their elders in the direction of the unknown... The children, the young, must ask the questions that we would never think to ask, but enough trust must be re-established so that the elders will be permitted to work with them on the answers. - Margaret Mead
It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good. - Margaret Mead
Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to become as mediocre as possible. - Margaret Mead
L'éducation est un processus culturel (...) par lequel chaque nouvel individu est transformé en membre à part entière d'une société humaine particulière, partageant avec les autres membres une culture particulière. - Margaret Mead
Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man. - Margaret Mead