It is ... marvellous ... to have a period of apparent fanaticism. No obstacle can discourage you. The single vision of your quest obscures defeat and lifts you over mountainous difficulties. Margaret Sanger More Quotes by Margaret Sanger More Quotes From Margaret Sanger Birth control itself, often denounced as a violation of natural law, is nothing more or less than the facilitation of the process of weeding out the unfit, of preventing the birth of defectives or of those who will become defectives. Margaret Sanger eugenics weed law The undeniably feeble-minded should, indeed, not only be discouraged but prevented from propagating their kind. Margaret Sanger discouraged eugenics kind Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression. Margaret Sanger strong-women struggle courage Birth control is nothing more or less than...weeding out the unfit. Margaret Sanger eugenics weed birth-control As an advocate of birth control I wish ... to point out that the unbalance between the birth rate of the 'unfit' and the 'fit,' admittedly the greatest present menace to civilization, can never be rectified by the inauguration of a cradle competition between these two classes. In this matter, the example of the inferior classes, the fertility of the feeble-minded, the mentally defective, the poverty-stricken classes, should not be held up for emulation.... On the contrary, the most urgent problem today is how to limit and discourage the over-fertility of the mentally and physically defective. Margaret Sanger eugenics class civilization No woman shall have the legal right to bear a child without a permit for parenthood. Margaret Sanger eugenics bears children Woman must have her freedom, the fundamental freedom of choosing whether or not she will be a mother and how many children she will have. Regardless of what man's attitude may be, that problem is hers - and before it can be his, it is hers alone. Margaret Sanger mother attitude children Hordes of people [are] born, who live, yet who have done absolutely nothing to advance the race one iota. Their lives are hopeless repetitions… Such human weeds clog up the path, drain up the energies and the resources of this little earth. We must clear the way for a better world; we must cultivate our garden. Margaret Sanger weed garden race Apply a stern and rigid policy of sterilization and segregation to that grade of population whose progeny is already tainted, or whose inheritance is such that objectionable traits may be transmitted to offspring. Margaret Sanger inheritance population may More children from the fit, less from the unfit -- that is the chief aim of birth control. Margaret Sanger fit birth-control children While there are cases where even the law recognizes an abortion as justifiable if recommended by a physician, I assert that the hundreds of thousands of abortions performed in America each year are a disgrace to civilization. Margaret Sanger eugenics law years The mother memories that are closest to my heart are the small gentle ones that I have carried over from the days of my childhood. They are not profound, but they have stayed with me through life, and when I am very old, they will still be near . . . Margaret Sanger mother heart memories Like the advocates of Birth Control, the eugenists, for instance, are seeking to assist the race toward the elimination of the unfit. Both are seeking a single end but they lay emphasis upon different methods. Margaret Sanger birth-control different race Very early in my childhood I associated poverty, toil, unemployment, drunkenness, cruelty, quarreling, fighting, debts, jail with large families. Margaret Sanger jail family fighting The mother memories that are closest to my heart are the small gentle ones that I have carried over from the days of my childhood. They are not profound, but they have stayed with me through life, and when I am very old, they will still be near . . . Memories of mother drying my tears, reading aloud, cutting cookies and singing as she did, listening to prayers I said as I knelt with my forehead pressed against her knee, tucking me in bed and turning down the light. They have carried me through the years and given my life such a firm foundation that it does not rock beneath flood or tempest. Margaret Sanger mom prayer mother If we are really to live at all we must put our convictions into action. Margaret Sanger conviction ifs action Give dysgenic groups [people with 'bad genes'] in our population their choice of segregation or [compulsory] sterilization. Margaret Sanger eugenics giving people A free race cannot be born of slave mothers. Margaret Sanger mothers-day inspiring inspirational The most merciful thing a large family can do to one of its infant members is to kill it. Margaret Sanger feminist family money I think the greatest sin in the world is bringing children into the world that have disease from their parents, that have no chance to be a human being, practically. Delinquents, prisoners, all sorts of things just marked when they're born. That to me is the greatest sin - that people can - can commit. Margaret Sanger children world thinking
