[SeeSac]

I believe it’s a Margaret Sanger quote, showing her attitude regarding eugenics.

It is a quote on immigration. That was why I was confused as to it being posted.

[MortMan]

Ah. OK.

The demeaning opinion she voices of certain population segments is carried over into her founding of Planned Parenthood.

I see my mistake now - it’s a chicken and egg issue. Because I acknowledge her support for eugenics, I see support for eugenics in a quote about immigration. Which may be true, but is certainly circular.

[Springfield Reformer]

Aristotle once noted that even circular logic is OK as long as the circles are small enough. Sanger’s immigration quote does not merely “show” a general support for eugenics, but crosses the line by seeking to deploy the power of government to coerce the removal of tainted genotypes from the gene pool. She is thereby providing a functional definition of eugenics as the basis of immigration policy, grounding removal, not merely from the country, but from the gene pool, as a way to maintain “the stamina of the race,” the holy grail of eugenics. To dismiss the evidentiary value of this quote is to ignore the proposition for which it was offered in proof, that Sanger clearly was an avid proponent of eugenics, regardless of the policy area in which that support was manifested.

[TalonDJ]

It is a quote on immigration. That was why I was confused as to it being posted.

The whole point of eugenics was to 'purify' populations of what the proponents consider 'undesirable' traits and genes. Sterilizing them or restricting them from immigrating were, to Sanger, simply two means to the same end.