"Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved."
-Erich Fromm
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"Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?“
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"I think human society for tens of thousands of years has sent young men out in small groups to do things that are necessary but very dangerous. And they've always gotten killed doing it. And they've always turned it into a matter of honor and a way of gaining acceptance back into society if they survived."
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