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Ashley Montagu (1905 – 1999)


British-American anthropologist and humanist who wrote about issues such as race and gender and their relation to politics and development.
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Ashley Montagu
The world is so full of wonderful things we should all, if we were taught how to appreciate it, be far richer than kings.
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The family unit is the institution for the systematic production of mental illness.
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The Eskimos live among ice all their lives but have no single word for ice.




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The natural superiority of women is a biological fact, and a socially acknowledged reality.
Montagu Ashley
Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.
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Absolute truth belongs only to one class of humans ... the class of absolute fools.
Ashley Montagu
The idea is to die young as late as possible.
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The majority of people believe in incredible things that are absolutely false. The majority of people daily act in a manner prejudicial to their general well-being.
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