In wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of our primal selves.

Quote by George H Mead

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Warfare is an utterly stupid method of settling differences of interest between different nations.

Warfare is an utterly stupid method of settling differences of interest between different nations.

Imagery is not past but present. It rests with what we call our mental processes...

Imagery is not past but present. It rests with what we call our mental processes...

Society is unity in diversity.

Society is unity in diversity.

Social psychology is especially interested in the effect which the social group has in the...

Social psychology is especially interested in the effect which the social group has in the...

The self has the characteristic that it is an object to itself, and that characteristic...

The self has the characteristic that it is an object to itself, and that characteristic...

Our cautious ancestors, when yawning, blocked the way to the entrance of evil spirits by...

Our cautious ancestors, when yawning, blocked the way to the entrance of evil spirits by...

A multiple personality is in a certain sense normal.

A multiple personality is in a certain sense normal.

The beauty of a face is not a separate quality but a relation or proportion...

The beauty of a face is not a separate quality but a relation or proportion...

To so enter into it in nature and art that the enjoyed meanings of life...

To so enter into it in nature and art that the enjoyed meanings of life...

What gives it its human character is that the individual through language addresses himself in...

What gives it its human character is that the individual through language addresses himself in...

Social psychology has, as a rule, dealt with various phases of social experience from the...

Social psychology has, as a rule, dealt with various phases of social experience from the...

No very sharp line can be drawn between social psychology and individual psychology.

No very sharp line can be drawn between social psychology and individual psychology.

To be interested in the public good we must be disinterested, that is, not interested...

To be interested in the public good we must be disinterested, that is, not interested...

Man lives in a world of meaning.

Man lives in a world of meaning.

The intelligence of the lower forms of animal life, like a great deal of human...

The intelligence of the lower forms of animal life, like a great deal of human...

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.

Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.

Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.

To be a critic, you have to have maybe three percent education, five percent intelligence,...

To be a critic, you have to have maybe three percent education, five percent intelligence,...

All the intelligence and talent in the world can't make a singer. The voice is...

All the intelligence and talent in the world can't make a singer. The voice is...

I certainly think that when I flick through all the magazines at the hairdresser's I...

I certainly think that when I flick through all the magazines at the hairdresser's I...