I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
BENJAMIN SPOCKDon’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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What is the use of physicians like myself trying to help parents to bring up children healthy and happy, to have them killed in such numbers for a cause that is ignoble?
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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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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.”
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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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I really learned it all from mothers.
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What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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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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The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all.
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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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