The third group [of society] are those irresponsible and reckless ones having little regard for the consequences of their acts, or whose religious scruples prevent their exercising control over their numbers. Many of this group are diseased, feeble-minded, and are of the pauper element dependent upon the normal and fit members of society for their support. There is no doubt in the minds of all thinking people that the procreation of this group should be stopped.
Margaret SangerI cannot refrain from saying that women must come to recognize there is some function of womanhood other than being a child-bearing machine.
Margaret SangerThe real hope of the world lies in putting as painstaking thought into the business of mating as we do into other big businesses.
Margaret SangerBirth control appeals to the advanced radical because it is calculated to undermine the authority of the Christian churches. I look forward to seeing humanity free someday of the tryanny of Christianity no less than Capitalism.
Margaret Sanger