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Ashley Montagu quotes about humanity

English Scientist June 28, 1905 – November 26, 1999

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It neither kills outright nor inflicts apparent physical harm, yet the extent of its destructive toll is already greater than that of any war, plague, famine, or natural calamity on record - and its potential damage to the quality of human life and the fabric of civilized society is beyond calculation. For that reason this sickness of the soul might well be called the 'Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse.' Its more conventional name, of course, is dehumanization. Ashley Montagu
Human communication, 'as the saying goes, is a clash of symbols' it covers a multitude of signs. But it is more than media and messages, information and persuasion; it also meets a deeper need and serves a higher purpose. Whether clear or garbled, tumultuous or silent, deliberate or fatally inadvertent, communication is the ground of meeting and the foundation of community. It is, in short, the essential human connection. Ashley Montagu
The deepest personal defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become. Ashley Montagu
Ashley Montagu quote: "Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave..."
Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally in the name of reason. Ashley Montagu
By virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the development and fulfillment of his potentialities as a human being. Ashley Montagu

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