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Benjamin Spock Quotes: "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."

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 Spock Quotes: "What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all."

What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.




Benjamin Spock Quotes: "Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life."

Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "The main source of good discipline is growing up in a loving family, being loved and learning to love in return."

The main source of good discipline is growing up in a loving family, being loved and learning to love in return.




Benjamin Spock Quotes: "A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction."

A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering."

The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "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."

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.




Benjamin Spock Quotes: "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."

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.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "Don't be afraid to trust your own common sense."

Don't be afraid to trust your own common sense.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "Respect children because they're human beings and they deserve respect, and they'll grow up to be better people."

Respect children because they're human beings and they deserve respect, and they'll grow up to be better people.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother's age."

There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother's age.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "It's up to each of us to help create a better world for our children."

It's up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.




Benjamin Spock Quotes: "The fact is that child rearing is a long, hard job, the rewards are not always immediately obvious, the work is undervalued, and parents are just as human and almost as vulnerable as their children."

The fact is that child rearing is a long, hard job, the rewards are not always immediately obvious, the work is undervalued, and parents are just as human and almost as vulnerable as their children.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled."

Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "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."

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.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable."

When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal."

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 Spock Quotes: "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."

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.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior."

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



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "If I could make only one wish for a child, I'd wish him the quality of lovingness."

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



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "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."

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.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "A boy, by the age of 3 years, senses that his destiny is to be a man, so he watches his father particularly-his interests, manner, speech, pleasures, his attitude toward work."

A boy, by the age of 3 years, senses that his destiny is to be a man, so he watches his father particularly-his interests, manner, speech, pleasures, his attitude toward work.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving."

Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "I really learned it all from mothers."

I really learned it all from mothers.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "It's not the words but the music that counts."

It's not the words but the music that counts.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "Biologically and temperamentally... women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care."

Biologically and temperamentally... women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "Don't worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your children."

Don't worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your children.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "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."

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.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation."

To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "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?"

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?



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies."

I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "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."

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.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it."

I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "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.""

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."



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "I've come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values."

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



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "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."

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 Spock Quotes: "In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God."

In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically."

Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it."

Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper."

How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "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."

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.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "There are only two things a child will share willingly communicable diseases and its mother's age."

There are only two things a child will share willingly communicable diseases and its mother's age.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "There are only two things a child will share willingly - communicable diseases and his mother's age."

There are only two things a child will share willingly - communicable diseases and his mother's age.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "In automobile terms, the child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering."

In automobile terms, the child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.



Benjamin Spock Quotes: "Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do."

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.