Re: Searching for a Margaret Mead quote

Matthew Hill (mhhill@WATARTS.UWATERLOO.CA)
Fri, 19 Apr 1996 20:46:28 -0400

On Fri, 19 Apr 1996, TJ Williams wrote:

> the reference to a quote that was either written or spoken by Margaret Mead.
>
> the quote reads:
> "Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
> the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has."

Hey, that's the quote that my seventeen year old read the other day saying
'from somebody called Margaret Mead, whoever she is"
Unfortunately that doesn't help, sorry.

>
> I can find reference to it all over Netscape, but not a single reference lists
> the original source. My professor would like to utilize this quote in her
> book, but cannot find the source.
> I have also tried various quote books, including those for women's
quotes only >

Does that mean men can't quote them?

> If anyone has an idea of where to look or what the source is, I would be
>forever grateful. I am stressed to the hilt and listservs is my last
option before
> reading all of her books. Which would be fine, but, I
even worse, it's probably not in one of her books. Maybe one of her Redbook
columns.

Matthew Hill (mmhill@watarts.uwaterloo.ca)