Elders Cultural Gathering

Famous quotes containing the words elders, cultural and/or gathering:

“As a Christian, as an individual, as a doctor, I am absolutely opposed to the death penalty.”
—Joycelyn Elders (b. 1933)

“The primary function of myth is to validate an existing social order. Myth enshrines conservative social values, raising tradition on a pedestal. It expresses and confirms, rather than explains or questions, the sources of cultural attitudes and values.... Because myth anchors the present in the past it is a sociological charter for a future society which is an exact replica of the present one.”
—Ann Oakley (b. 1944)

“A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to him; wherever he goes.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)