Alfred L. Kroeber

“Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities.”


Clyde Kluckhohn

“Anthropology provides a scientific basis for dealing with the crucial dilemma of the world today: how can peoples of different appearance, mutually unintelligible languages, and dissimilar ways of life get along peaceably together?”


Ruth Benedict

“The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.”