“People have said, "You've turned your back on pediatrics." I said, "No. It took me until I was in my 60s to realize that politics was a part of pediatrics."”

—  Benjamin Spock

Associated Press interview (1992)

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American pediatrician and author of Baby and Child Care 1903–1998

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