Word: spock
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...SPOCK: "I deny that I was part of a conspiracy; I deny that I ever counseled anyone [to avoid the draft]; I feel that all the things that I have done are covered by the Free Speech guarantee of the First Amendment...
...Following his sentencing Wednesday morning Dr. Benjamin Spock held a news conference and then gave David L. Horn the following interview...
...SPOCK: "I want people to realize that of the two leading contenders for the presidency, Richard Nixon believes the war should be bloodier and faster. The leading Democratic contender is Hubert Humphrey, who has said nothing about the War. In fact he [Nixon] has been more in favor of the War than has Lyndon Johnson. I say, what an impasse for the United States to be in at this time. I say to the American People--Wake up, get out there and do something before it is too late, before we have another president committed to killing American...
...SPOCK: "The reason that all of us (Spock and the four other co-defendants) were indirectly involved in this is because we believe this war is totally illegal. Before the trial starts, the judge says--this is not the issue. In my appeal the issue of the illegality of the war will be raised...
Quick with both his rhymes and rages, Soviet Poet Evgeny Evtushenlco, 34, had a few angry verses after he learned of Dr. Benjamin Spock's conviction for conspiracy to incite draft evasion. In a poem titled "Monologue to Dr. Spock," Evtushenko proclaimed that there is far more sense in the "eternally constant goo-goo of a child than in the whole generation of shameless politicians." A fine sentiment, though it lost a bit in the translation. Russian...