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

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

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

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

Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is...

Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is...

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

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

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.

You know more than you think you do.

You know more than you think you do.

I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is...

I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is...

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

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

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

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

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

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

There is no greater excitement than to support an intellectual wife and have her support...

There is no greater excitement than to support an intellectual wife and have her support...

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

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

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.

Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he...

Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he...

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

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

I'm not a pacifist. I was very much for the war against Hitler and I...

I'm not a pacifist. I was very much for the war against Hitler and I...

Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police...

Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police...

When the civil rights battle was won, all the Jews and hippies and artists were...

When the civil rights battle was won, all the Jews and hippies and artists were...

No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American middle class.

No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American middle class.

There's a very big gulf between the black civil rights leadership in America and the...

There's a very big gulf between the black civil rights leadership in America and the...

As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your...

As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your...