Eugenics is . . . the most adequate and thorough avenue to the solution of racial, political and social problems.Margaret Sanger. “The Eugenic Value of Birth Control Propaganda.” Birth Control Review, October 1921, page 5.Attributed in the original GADEL collection
Human dignity and the history of eugenics
Short selections recovered from GADEL’s original collection. Wording is kept as found; the archived attribution is not a verification of authorship.
Eugenic sterilization is an urgent need . . . We must prevent multiplication of this bad stock .Margaret Sanger, April 1933 Birth Control Review.Attributed in the original GADEL collection
Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.William Penn 1693 A.D.Attributed in the original GADEL collection
Eugenics is the study of the agencies under social control that may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations either physically or mentally.Francis Galton c. 1883 A.D. (First cousin and associate of Charles Darwin)Attributed in the original GADEL collection
Society has no business to permit degenerates to reproduce their kind.Theodore Roosevelt 1913 A.D.Attributed in the original GADEL collection
There is no permanent status quo in nature; all is the process of adjustment and readjustment, or else eventual failure.Herrman J. Muller 1935 A.D. (an associate of Sir Julian Huxley)Attributed in the original GADEL collection
I do not pretend that birth control is the only way in which population can be kept from increasing.Bertrand Russell 1953 A.D.Attributed in the original GADEL collection
Natural selection must be replaced by eugenical artificial selection. This idea constitutes the sound core of eugenics, the applied science of human betterment.Theodosius Dobzhansky 1964 A.D.Attributed in the original GADEL collection
Problem-makers reproduce in greater percentage than problem-solvers, and in so doing cause the decline of civilization.Elmer Pendell 1967 A.D.Attributed in the original GADEL collection
In order to stabilize world population, we must eliminate 350,000 people per day.Jacques Cousteau 1991 A.D.Attributed in the original GADEL collection
Original collection & source
Original title: Eugenics Quotes and Sayings: A Proof Eugenics Is Evil!
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