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When the United States was founded, the very idea of a nation premised on democratic principles of freedom and tolerance was viewed by the vast majority of the world as an experiment doomed to fail. Dictatorships, monarchies, and theocracies had for many centuries ruled the world. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

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When you're in office, there are tangible moments when you can see tangible successes. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

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Why does it have to be politics? Is there a dynamism to that world and a theoretical capacity to do things that draws many talented people? Absolutely. Are there other ways to be involved and lead an interesting life? Of course. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

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Yes, people pull the trigger - but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary, and delay means more death and horror. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

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

— Benjamin Spock

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

— Benjamin Spock

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

— Benjamin Spock

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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

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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

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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

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