People
- Alexander Ratcliffe - Scottish polician, former Scottish Protestant League
- Arthur Ratcliffe (1882–1963), British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Leek 1931–1935
- Derek A. Ratcliffe (died 2005), British ecologist
- Francis Ratcliffe (1904–1970), Australian zoologist
- J. A. Ratcliffe, British ionospheric physicist and academic
- John Ratcliffe (governor), second governor of the original Jamestown, Virginia, colony
- John W. Ratcliff, computer game developer
- Kevin Ratcliffe, (born 1960) Welsh footballer
- Paddy Ratcliffe, Irish footballer
- Richard Ratcliffe (died 1485), English nobleman
- Richard Ratcliffe (1751–1825), American public official considered to be the founder of the city of Fairfax, Virginia, in 1805
- Sandy Ratcliff, British actress
- Simon Ratcliffe, of house music duo Basement Jaxx
- In fiction
- Governor Ratcliffe (Disney), a fictionalized representation in the animated film Pocahontas of John Ratcliffe of the Jamestown colony
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“Isn’t it strange that its easier to be gentle with the feelings of people we care less about than those of our children, whom we love so much?”
—Stephanie Martson (20th century)
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“The parents who wish to lead a quiet life I would say: Tell your children that they are very naughty—much naughtier than most children; point to the young people of some acquaintances as models of perfection, and impress your own children with a deep sense of their own inferiority. You carry so many more guns than they do that they cannot fight you. This is called moral influence and it will enable you to bounce them as much as you please.”
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