Margaret Mead :
A society which is clamoring for choice, which is filled with many articulate groups, each urging its own brand of salvation, its own variety of economic philosophy, will give each new generation no peace until all have chosen or gone under, unable to bear the conditions of choice.
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Peace
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Philosophers and Philosophy
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Books - Reading
Gift it
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![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=48758&author=Ayn Rand"e=Every+man+builds+his+world+in+his+own+image.+He+has+the+power+to+choose%2C+but+no+power+to+escape+the+necessity+of+choice.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F1255%2FAyn+Rand_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=73637&author=Orson Scott Card"e=We+all+choose+our+own+teachers%2C+don%27t+we%3F+I+wonder+if+our+choice+of+teacher+shows+anything+about+what+our+lives+will+be.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8850%2FOrson+Scott+Card_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=39495&author=James Allen"e=++Man+is+made+or+unmade+by+himself.+By+the+right+choice+he+ascends.+As+a+being+of+power%2C+intelligence%2C+and+love%2C+and+the+lord+of+his+own+thoughts%2C+he+holds+the+key+to+every+situation.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F921%2FJames_Allen_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=34286&author=Margaret Mead"e=++Never+doubt+that+a+small+group+of+thoughtful%2C+committed+citizens+can+change+the+world.+Indeed%2C+it+is+the+only+thing+that+ever+has.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=11185&author=Margaret Mead"e=++One+of+the+oldest+human+needs+is+having+someone+wonder+where+you+are+when+you+don%27t+come+home+at+night.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=48885&author=Margaret Mead"e=Women+want+medicore+men.+and+men+are+working+hard+to+become+as+medicore+as+possible.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=48887&author=Margaret Mead"e=The+United+States+has+the+power+to+destroy+the+world%2C+but+not+the+power+to+save+it+alone.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=98462&author=Margaret Mead"e=What+people+say%2C+what+people+do%2C+and+what+they+say+they+do+are+entirely+different+things.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=98438&author=Margaret Mead"e=I+was+wise+enough+to+never+grow+up+while+fooling+most+people+into+believing+I+had.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=98444&author=Margaret Mead"e=Laughter+is+man%27s+most+distinctive+emotional+expression.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=2512&author=Margaret Mead"e=++We+won%27t+have+a+society+if+we+destroy+the+environment.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
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