If an adult uses violence on a child, the child will naturally assume that he too, has the right to use it on one smaller or weaker.

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Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected...

Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected...

Marriage, laws, the police, armies and navies are the mark of human incompetence.

Marriage, laws, the police, armies and navies are the mark of human incompetence.

Hence we did not foster competition in our school, on the contrary.

Hence we did not foster competition in our school, on the contrary.

We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance.

We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance.

We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means;...

We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means;...

You could not receive a young man in your room; you might be permitted to...

You could not receive a young man in your room; you might be permitted to...

Marie Stopes had established the first birth control clinic in Britain; the whole question of...

Marie Stopes had established the first birth control clinic in Britain; the whole question of...

Measures of self-government and a school council, especially for such young children, were a great...

Measures of self-government and a school council, especially for such young children, were a great...

Following the rise of the Labour Party it seemed reasonable, in 1927, to expect, or...

Following the rise of the Labour Party it seemed reasonable, in 1927, to expect, or...

The report of this made me exceedingly angry, for I could not see why information...

The report of this made me exceedingly angry, for I could not see why information...

We want better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them.

We want better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them.