It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.

Quote by Margaret Mead

Topics: Margaret Mead Quotes

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed...

Instead of needing lots of children, we need high-quality children.

Instead of needing lots of children, we need high-quality children.

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must...

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must...

Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.

Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.

The natives are superficially agreeable, but they go in for cannibalism, headhunting, infanticide, incest, avoidance...

The natives are superficially agreeable, but they go in for cannibalism, headhunting, infanticide, incest, avoidance...

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

I had no reason to doubt that brains were suitable for a woman. And as...

I had no reason to doubt that brains were suitable for a woman. And as...

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a...

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a...

The institution of marriage in all societies is a pattern within which the strains put...

The institution of marriage in all societies is a pattern within which the strains put...

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old,...

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old,...

The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of...

The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of...

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment

A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing...

A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing...

We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no...

We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no...

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

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

Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute....

Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute....

The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of...

The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of...

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.