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Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings.

Laurence J. Peter

Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings.

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About Laurence J. Peter

Laurence Johnston Peter (September 16, 1919 – January 12, 1990) was a Canadian educator and "hierarchiologist" who is best known to the general public for the formulation of the Peter principle.