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The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.

Benjamin Spock

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
Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal.
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Class Ideas Racism Routine
I really learned it all from mothers.
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Day Mom Mother
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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Children Peace 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
It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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Children Helping World
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
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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Baby Children Mother
Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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Essence Mean Time
What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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Baby Mom Mother
Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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Common Sense
I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
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Baby Vietnam War
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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Long People Strong
Don’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.
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Common Common Sense Experts
Parental trust is extremely important in the guidance of adolescent children as they get further and further away from the direct supervision of their parents and teachers. I don’t mean that trust without clear guidance is enough, but guidance without trust is worthless.
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Children Future Mean Parent Teacher
Biologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
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Children Home Husband
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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Cancer Children Grow Up
It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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Men President United States
The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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Children Dad Parenting
Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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Happiness Inspirational Positive
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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Children Confidence Wisdom
There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
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Children Funny Mother
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
A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
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Satisfaction Selfish Successful
The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
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May Quiet Teamwork
I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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Being Bad Caught

The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.

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