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> [ \[Hillary Clinton\] is giving money to N.I.M.H. \[National Institute for Mental Health\] ultimately to conduct more experiments on two- to four-year-olds. What they're going to do is conduct a lot of clinical studies which actually drug two- to four-year-olds. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-breggin/hillary-clinton-is-giving-money-to-n-i-m-h-national-institute-for/)

[Peter Breggin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-breggin/)

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> [ I was asked by the National Institute of Health to be their scientific discussant on the effects of these drug \[Ritalin\] at a big conference they held. Beforehand, I reviewed all of the important literature on the issue. Even with… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-breggin/i-was-asked-by-the-national-institute-of-health-to-be-their/)

[Peter Breggin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-breggin/)

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## Other authors on Institute

## More by Peter Breggin

> [The miracle drugs (neuroleptics) cause the worst plague of brain damage in medical history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-breggin/the-miracle-drugs-neuroleptics-cause-the-worst-plague-of-brain-damage/)

[Peter Breggin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-breggin/)

> [ \[Hillary Clinton\] is giving money to N.I.M.H. \[National Institute for Mental Health\] ultimately to conduct more experiments on two- to four-year-olds. What they're going… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-breggin/hillary-clinton-is-giving-money-to-n-i-m-h-national-institute-for/)

[Peter Breggin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-breggin/)

> [ In part I'm just mystified. Here's a woman, Hillary \[Clinton\], who wrote a book about it takes a "village" to raise children. It wasn't… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-breggin/in-part-i-m-just-mystified-here-s-a-woman-hillary-clinton-who-wrote-a/)

[Peter Breggin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-breggin/)

> [ The man Hillary \[Clinton\] introduced at the meeting goes so far as to say that no amount of trauma to children - or poor… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-breggin/the-man-hillary-clinton-introduced-at-the-meeting-goes-so-far-as-to/)

[Peter Breggin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-breggin/)

> [If you've heard Hillary Clinton's recent remarks on Ritalin and other drug use on children, you'll find the usual nauseating demagoguery. She appears to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-breggin/if-you-ve-heard-hillary-clinton-s-recent-remarks-on-ritalin-and-other/)

[Peter Breggin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-breggin/)

> [Going to a psychiatrist has become one of the most dangerous things a person can do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-breggin/going-to-a-psychiatrist-has-become-one-of-the-most-dangerous-things-a/)

[Peter Breggin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-breggin/)

> [In reality, psychiatric diagnosing is a kind of spiritual profiling that can destroy lives and frequently does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-breggin/in-reality-psychiatric-diagnosing-is-a-kind-of-spiritual-profiling/)

[Peter Breggin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-breggin/)

> [The destructive impact of psychiatry upon our civilization has been given far too little attention, and the role of psychiatry in Nazi Germany almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-breggin/the-destructive-impact-of-psychiatry-upon-our-civilization-has-been/)

[Peter Breggin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-breggin/)

> [I think that's a major reason. Instead of turning in their own lives to philosophy, religion, love, family life, or nature, they think of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-breggin/i-think-that-s-a-major-reason-instead-of-turning-in-their-own-lives/)

[Peter Breggin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-breggin/)

> [ What a pleasure to hear Michael Savage backtalk to Hillary \[Clinton\]. You know, there is such hypocrisy with her. I didn't start out as… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-breggin/what-a-pleasure-to-hear-michael-savage-backtalk-to-hillary-clinton/)

[Peter Breggin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-breggin/)

> [I come from a liberal tradition. I'm Jewish. My dad was a liberal. What I've found is that people who see themselves as thoughtful,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-breggin/i-come-from-a-liberal-tradition-i-m-jewish-my-dad-was-a-liberal-what/)

[Peter Breggin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-breggin/)

> [ Hillary \[Clinton\] even said that, whether or not teenagers want treatment, they have to get it. So it's involuntary treatment. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-breggin/hillary-clinton-even-said-that-whether-or-not-teenagers-want/)

[Peter Breggin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-breggin/)

> [Romantic love is sexually passionate love. Romance uses sexual intimacy to create or amplify closeness and mutual fulfillment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-breggin/romantic-love-is-sexually-passionate-love-romance-uses-sexual/)

[Peter Breggin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-breggin/)

> [There is nothing worse that you can do to a human being in America today than give them a mental illness kind of label…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-breggin/there-is-nothing-worse-that-you-can-do-to-a-human-being-in-america/)

[Peter Breggin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-breggin/)

> [Only in psychiatry is the existence of physical disease determined by APA presidential proclamations, by committee decisions, and even, by a vote of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-breggin/only-in-psychiatry-is-the-existence-of-physical-disease-determined-by/)

[Peter Breggin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-breggin/)

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