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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

I really learned it all from mothers.

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.

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

You know more than you think you do.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.

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