The tough-minded ... respect difference. Their goal is a world made safe for differences, where the United States may be American to the hilt without threatening the peace of the world, and France may be France, and Japan may be Japan on the same conditions.
Ruth BenedictAs a matter of history great developments in art have often been remarkably separate from religious motivation and use.
Ruth BenedictWestern civilization, because of fortuitous historical circumstances, has spread itself more widely than any other local group that has so far been known.
Ruth BenedictRacism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must take sides. And the history of the future will differ according to the decision which we make.
Ruth Benedict