Motherhood is so honorable a thing that nothing - no convention - can possibly make it dishonorable; and from the standpoint of the right of the child . . . the unmarried mother should be granted by society the same reverence and regard as the married mother.
Ben LindseyPontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship
Ben LindseyTrouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock.
Ben LindseyI demand for the unmarried mother, as a sacred channel of life, the same reverence and respect as for the married mother; for Maternity is a cosmic thing and once it has come to pass, our conversation must not be permitted to blaspheme it.
Ben Lindsey