Margaret Mead (1901-1978)

Quotes

• Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.

• I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.

• Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

• No society that feeds its children on tales of successful violence can expect them not to believe that violence in the end is rewarded.

• Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world: indeed it's the only thing that ever has!

• 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.

• Women want mediocre men, and men are working to become as mediocre as possible.

• Mothers are a biological necessity; fathers are a social invention.

• Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to become as mediocre as possible.

• Never doubt that a small group of thoughtfully committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

• Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

• I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.

• Having someone wonder where you are when you don't come home at night is a very old human need.

• Men have always been afraid that women could get along without them.

• Motherhood is a biological fact, while fatherhood is a social invention.

• Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an impossible situation.

• Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.

• Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

• Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.