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I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.

Benjamin Spock

If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
BENJAMIN SPOCK

Children Quality Wish
Can we make a better world for our children? I believe we can, if enough people are concerned and get involved in changing what is wrong with society.
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Believe Children People
Respect children because they’re human beings and they deserve respect, and they’ll grow up to be better people.
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Children Grow Up Respect
I agree today that a man has no business trying to tell women what their characteristics are, which ones are inborn, which are more admirable, which will be best utilized by what occupations.
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Occupation Trying Women
Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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Grandchildren Grandparent
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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People Realizing Said
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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Children Parent Punishment
It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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Men President United States
Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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Happiness Inspirational Positive
What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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Baby Mom Mother
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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Country Intervention War
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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Father Girl Possible Zoos
Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
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Children Opportunity Parent
Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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Captain Choice Creativity
It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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Count Music
Every child senses, with all the horse sense that’s in him, that any parent is angry inside when children misbehave and they dread more the anger that is rarely or never expressed openly, wondering how awful it might be.
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Children Fear Horse

I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.

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