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.
BENJAMIN SPOCKDon’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.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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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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Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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I really learned it all from mothers.
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Don’t worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your children.
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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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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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If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
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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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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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What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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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.
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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.
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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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Children who grow up getting nutrition from plant foods rather than meats have a tremendous health advantage. They are less likely to develop weight problems, diabetes, high blood pressure and some forms of cancer
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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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