Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal.
BENJAMIN SPOCKHaving a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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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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There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
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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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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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Respect children because they’re human beings and they deserve respect, and they’ll grow up to be better people.
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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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Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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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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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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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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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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