--- title: "7 Fit Quotes By Margaret Sanger" description: "7 Fit quotes by Margaret Sanger. Plus more from Margaret Sanger and more Fit sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/margaret-sanger-3929_birth_as-an-advocate-of-birth-control-i-wish-t_484064.jpg" --- > [As an advocate of birth control I wish to point out that the unbalance between the birth rate of the 'unfit' and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-sanger/as-an-advocate-of-birth-control-i-wish-to-point-out-that-the/) [Margaret Sanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-sanger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/margaret-sanger-3929_birth_as-an-advocate-of-birth-control-i-wish-t_484064.jpg) > [ The third group \[of society\] are those irresponsible and reckless ones having little regard for the consequences of their acts, or whose… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-sanger/the-third-group-of-society-are-those-irresponsible-and-reckless-ones/) [Margaret Sanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-sanger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/margaret-sanger-3929_community_the-third-group-of-society-are-those-irr_884714.jpg) > [The masses of Negroes...particularly in the South, still breed carelessly and disasterously, with the result that the increase among Negroes, even more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-sanger/the-masses-of-negroes-particularly-in-the-south-still-breed/) [Margaret Sanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-sanger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/margaret-sanger-3929_democracy_the-masses-of-negroes-particularly-in-th_1599130.jpg) > [In passing, we should here recognize the difficulties presented by the idea of 'fit' and 'unfit.' Who is to decide this question?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-sanger/in-passing-we-should-here-recognize-the-difficulties-presented-by-the/) [Margaret Sanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-sanger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/109/margaret-sanger-3929_bias_in-passing-we-should-here-recognize-the_1916832.jpg) > [More children from the fit, less from the unfit -- that is the chief aim of birth control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-sanger/more-children-from-the-fit-less-from-the-unfit-that-is-the-chief-aim/) [Margaret Sanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-sanger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a4/margaret-sanger-3929_aim_more-children-from-the-fit-less-from-the_2512054.jpg) > [No woman can call herself free who cannot choose the time to be a mother or not as she sees fit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-sanger/no-woman-can-call-herself-free-who-cannot-choose-the-time-to-be-a/) [Margaret Sanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-sanger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/492/margaret-sanger-3929_birth_no-woman-can-call-herself-free-who-canno_2937607.jpg) > [As I look back upon my life, I see that every part of it was a preparation for the next. The most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-sanger/as-i-look-back-upon-my-life-i-see-that-every-part-of-it-was-a/) [Margaret Sanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-sanger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2af/margaret-sanger-3929_design_as-i-look-back-upon-my-life-i-see-that-e_3032138.jpg) ## Other authors on Fit ## More by Margaret Sanger > [Very early in my childhood I associated poverty, toil, unemployment, drunkenness, cruelty, quarreling, fighting, debts, jail with large families.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-sanger/very-early-in-my-childhood-i-associated-poverty-toil-unemployment/) [Margaret Sanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-sanger/) > [Life has taught me one supreme lesson. This is that we must—if we are really to live at all, if we are to enjoy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-sanger/life-has-taught-me-one-supreme-lesson-this-is-that-we-must-if-we-are/) [Margaret Sanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-sanger/) > [Organized charity itself is. . . the surest sign that our civilization has bred, is breeding and is perpetuating constantly increasing numbers of defectives,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-sanger/organized-charity-itself-is-the-surest-sign-that-our-civilization-has/) [Margaret Sanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-sanger/) > [Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-sanger/woman-must-not-accept-she-must-challenge-she-must-not-be-awed-by-that/) [Margaret Sanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-sanger/) > [A mutual and satisfied sexual act is of great benefit to the average woman, the magnetism of it is health giving. When it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-sanger/a-mutual-and-satisfied-sexual-act-is-of-great-benefit-to-the-average/) [Margaret Sanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-sanger/) > [Eugenic sterilization is an urgent need ... We must prevent multiplication of this bad stock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-sanger/eugenic-sterilization-is-an-urgent-need-we-must-prevent/) [Margaret Sanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-sanger/) > [No more children should be born when the parents, though healthy themselves, find that their children are physically or mentally defective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-sanger/no-more-children-should-be-born-when-the-parents-though-healthy/) [Margaret Sanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-sanger/) > [By all means, there should be no children when either mother or father suffers from such diseases as tuberculosis, gonorrhea, syphilis, cancer, epilepsy, insanity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-sanger/by-all-means-there-should-be-no-children-when-either-mother-or-father/) [Margaret Sanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-sanger/) > [The undeniably feeble-minded should, indeed, not only be discouraged but prevented from propagating their kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-sanger/the-undeniably-feeble-minded-should-indeed-not-only-be-discouraged/) [Margaret Sanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-sanger/) > [ Hordes of people \[are\] born, who live, yet who have done absolutely nothing to advance the race one iota. Their lives are hopeless repetitions…… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-sanger/hordes-of-people-are-born-who-live-yet-who-have-done-absolutely/) [Margaret Sanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-sanger/) > [“No gods, no masters. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-sanger/no-gods-no-masters/) [Margaret Sanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-sanger/) > [I think the greatest sin in the world is bringing children into the world that have disease from their parents, that have no chance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-sanger/i-think-the-greatest-sin-in-the-world-is-bringing-children-into-the/) [Margaret Sanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-sanger/) > [When motherhood becomes the fruit of a deep yearning, not the result of ignorance or accident, its children will become the foundation of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-sanger/when-motherhood-becomes-the-fruit-of-a-deep-yearning-not-the-result/) [Margaret Sanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-sanger/) > [Through sex, mankind may attain the great spiritual illumination which will transform the world, which will light up the only path to earthly paradise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-sanger/through-sex-mankind-may-attain-the-great-spiritual-illumination-which/) [Margaret Sanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-sanger/) > [Birth control is the first important step woman must take toward the goal of her freedom. It is the first step she must take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-sanger/birth-control-is-the-first-important-step-woman-must-take-toward-the/) [Margaret Sanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-sanger/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fit/margaret-sanger/#itemlist", "name": "7 Fit Quotes By Margaret Sanger", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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. 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