The Basic Freedom Of The World Is

... The Ocean Could Not Be Swept Back With A Broom. The Truth Was Out. It Illuminated The World. Motherhood No Longer Cringed Before The Relentless Laws Of Fecundity.

The Most Serious Charge That Can Be Brought Against Modern Benevolence Is That It Encourages The Perpetuation Of Defectives, Delinquents And Dependents. These Are The Most Dangerous Elements In The World Community, The Most Devastating Curse On Human Progress And Expression.

It Now Remains For The United States Government To Set A Sensible Example To The World By Offering A Bonus Or A Yearly Pension To All Obviously Unfit Parents Who Allow Themselves To Be Sterilized By Harmless And Scientific Means.

I Resolved That Women Should Have Knowledge Of Contraception. They Have Every Right To Know About Their Own Bodies. I Would Strikeout--i Would Scream From The Housetops. I Would Tell The World What Was Going On In The Lives Of These Poor Women. I Would Be Heard. No Matter What It Should Cost. I Would Be Heard.

The Mother Memories That Are Closest To My Heart Are The Small Gentle Ones That I Have Carried Over From The Days Of My Childhood. They Are Not Profound, But They Have Stayed With Me Through Life, And When I Am Very Old, They Will Still Be Near . . . Memories Of Mother Drying My Tears, Reading Aloud, Cutting Cookies And Singing As She Did, Listening To Prayers I Said As I Knelt With My Forehead Pressed Against Her Knee, Tucking Me In Bed And Turning Down The Light. They Have Carried Me Through The Years And Given My Life Such A Firm Foundation That It Does Not Rock Beneath Flood Or Tempest.