I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.

More from Sigmund Freud

• America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.
• He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.
• One feels inclined to say that the intention that man should be “happy” is not included in the plan of “Creation.”
• One feels inclined to say that the intention that man should be "happy" is not included in the plan of "Creation." Civilization and Its Discontents, ch. 2 (1930).
• Sadism is all right in its place, but it should be directed to proper ends.
• Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.