Quote by Margaret Mead
Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potenti

Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive. – Margaret Mead

Other quotes by Margaret Mead

The liberals have not softened their view of actuality to make themselves live closer to the dream, but instead sharpen their perceptions and fight to make the dream actuality or give up the battle in despair. – Margaret Mead

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Liberalism
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Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder that which one would not have been able to guess. – Margaret Mead

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Science
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world indeed, its the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead

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Change
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Other Quotes from
Nature
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Only nature knows how to justly proportion to the fault the punishment it deserves. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Nature

I am two with nature. – Woody Allen

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Nature

As long as I retain my feeling and my passion for Nature, I can partly soften or subdue my other passions and resist or endure those of others. – Lord Byron

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Nature

Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, a source of solace, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a home, a teacher, a companion. – Lorraine Anderson

Category:
Nature

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True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. – Socrates

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