Author: 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

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

Preschool children are virtuosos of imagination.

Preschool children are virtuosos of imagination.

- Benjamin Spock

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

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

As a peace activist, I am dismayed by the encouragement of aggressiveness and violence by television, movies, and war toys.

As a peace activist, I am dismayed by the encouragement of aggressiveness and violence by television, movies, and war toys.

- Benjamin Spock

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

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

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

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