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Freedom of speech does not exist anywhere, for every community on earth forbids the use of certain sounds, words, and sentences in various speech situations.

— Peter Farb Word Play (1974)

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Culture is all the things and ideas ever devised by humans working and living together.

Man's Rise to Civilization (1968)

What most impresses the people around the prophet is the personality change he has undergone.

Man's Rise to Civilization (1968)

An unusual manifestation of it is when the whole dominant culture takes up the ways of the conquered.

Man's Rise to Civilization (1968)

For a tribe to endure, it must find some way to achieve internal unity—and that way usually is external strife.

Man's Rise to Civilization (1968)

We are in the habit of thinking in terms of great leaders largely because the leaders themselves want it that way.

Man's Rise to Civilization (1968)

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