I love to dance and I’d love to be saying goodbye to my friends while the band was playing and they were dancing…I want them to remember I was a dancing man in my day.
BENJAMIN SPOCKMost middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal.
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I’m not a pacifist. I was very much for the war against Hitler and I also supported the intervention in Korea, but in this war we went in there to steal Vietnam.
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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal.
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I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
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Boys and girls need chances to be around their father, to be enjoyed by him and if possible to do things with him. Better to play fifteen minutes enjoyably and then say, ‘Now I’m going to read my paper’ than to spend all day at the zoo crossly.
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The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
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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.
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Respect children because they’re human beings and they deserve respect, and they’ll grow up to be better people.
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In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God.
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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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Sex education, including its spiritual aspects, should be part of a broad health and moral education from kindergarten through grade twelve, ideally carried out harmoniously by parents and teachers.
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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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