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Quote by Ruth Benedict
I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself

I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world. – Ruth Benedict

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If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits. – Ruth Benedict

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The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and human beings are not biological. They are cultural. – Ruth Benedict

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