Margaret Sanger Quotes

15 quotes from 12 authors

For anyone wrestling reproductive rights, these 15 reflections trace Margaret Sanger’s role in freeing women from bodily constraints and debates over ethics. Lines balance praise for birth‑control advocacy with criticism of eugenic ties, offering nuance. Readers appreciate Women’s Health and Reproductive Freedom sections.

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When the history of civilization is written, it will be a biological history and Margaret Sanger will be its heroine.

H. G. Wells

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I got the Margaret Sanger award. I was kissed by President Obama.

Ruth Westheimer

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“The most merciful thing that a large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it." Margaret Sanger”

Margaret Sanger

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Look at somebody like Margaret Sanger, who was married young and had kids but then left her husband and wound up living…

Rebecca Traister

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Margaret Sanger didn't just introduce the idea of birth control into our culture at large, she freed women from indenture to their…

Roxane Gay

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“Wonder Woman didn't begin in 1941 when William Moulton Marston turned in his first script to Sheldon Mayer. Wonder Woman began on…

Jill Lepore

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Opponents of legal birth control, including abortion, have tried for decades to play the race card, saying that legal abortion is racist.…

Karen DeCrow

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Placing Margaret Sanger on the $20 bill will remind us of what she has done for women and our reproductive health and…

Roxane Gay

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Speaking of Margaret Sanger, Grandson Alexander Sanger, head of Planned Parenthood of New York City, said: She made people accept that women…

Margaret Sanger

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As we celebrate the 100th birthday of Margaret Sanger, our outrageous and our courageous leader, we will probably find a number of…

Faye Wattleton

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Alexander the Great changed a few boundaries and killed a few men. Both he and Napoleon were forced into fame by circumstances…

H. G. Wells

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“Margaret Sanger, the visionary founder of Planned Parenthood who broke many laws in her efforts to give women the right to control…

Therese Oneill

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“Until we are willing to oppose all abortion--ALL ABORTION---then the Christian community will lack the true ethical high ground to oppose ANY…

Douglas W. Phillips

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“While Margaret Sanger was an avid eugenicist, today Planned Parenthood celebrates her as a champion of “choice.” One is hard pressed to…

Dinesh D'Souza

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“The nasty racism that infused the progressive eugenics of Margaret Sanger and others has largely melted away. But liberal fascists are still…

Jonah Goldberg

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