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.
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.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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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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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he is the world for something important, and it gives him drive and confidence.
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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.
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I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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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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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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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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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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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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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.
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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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