“People have said, “You’ve turned your back on pediatrics.” I said, “No. It took me until I was in my 60s to realize that politics was a part of pediatrics.””

Don’t worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your children.

I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.

Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.

Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal.

A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.

I would say that the surest measure of a man’s or a woman’s maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse.

To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.

Don’t take too seriously all that the neighbors say. Don’t be overawed by what the experts say. Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.

The loving person makes other people feel good, and he is usually a happy person himself. He is able to form strong, long-lasting friendships.

Respect children because they’re human beings and they deserve respect, and they’ll grow up to be better people.

Physical punishment teaches children that the larger, stronger person has the power to get his way, whether or not he is in the right, and they may resent this in the parent-for life.

Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.

It’s not the words but the music that counts.

All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood.

How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.

It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…