WIST Quotations

Elders, Joycelyn -- Keynote Speech, Sistersong Conference (3 Jun 2007)

Dave — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 21:30:39 +0000

Condoms will break, but I can assure you that vows of abstinence will break more easily than condoms.

Joycelyn Elders (b. 1933) American pediatrician, public health administrator, academic
Keynote Speech, Sistersong Conference (3 Jun 2007)
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Lippmann, Walter -- A Preface To Morals, ch. 19 (1929)

Dave — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 04:45:01 +0000

Whether or not birth control is eugenic, hygienic, and economic, it is the most revolutionary practice in the history of sexual morals.

Walter Lippmann (1889–1974) American journalist and author
A Preface To Morals, ch. 19 (1929)
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Inge, William Ralph -- “The Birth-Rate” (1917), Outspoken Essays: First Series (1919)

Dave — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 18:25:00 +0000

It is worse than useless to try to put down by law a practice which a very large number of people believes to be innocent, and which must be left to the taste and conscience of the individual.

William Ralph Inge (1860–1954) English prelate [Dean Inge]
“The Birth-Rate” (1917), Outspoken Essays: First Series (1919)
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Speaking of birth control.

Sanger, Margaret -- “The Morality of Birth Control,” speech, Park Theatre, New York (18 Nov 1921)

Dave — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 13:19:39 +0000

If we cannot trust woman with the knowledge of her own body, then I claim that two thousand years of Christian teaching has proved to be a failure.

Margaret Sanger (1879–1966) American birth control activist, sex educator, nurse
“The Morality of Birth Control,” speech, Park Theatre, New York (18 Nov 1921)
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Sanger, Margaret -- “The Case for Birth Control” Physical Culture (Apr 1917)

Dave — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 12:18:17 +0000

No woman can call herself free who cannot choose the time to be a mother or not as she sees fit.

Margaret Sanger (1879–1966) American birth control activist, sex educator, nurse
“The Case for Birth Control” Physical Culture (Apr 1917)

Milligan, Spike -- The Last Goon Show of All (1972)

Dave — Mon, 18 May 2015 12:45:17 +0000

Contraceptives should be used on all conceivable occasions.

Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (1918–2002) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer, actor
The Last Goon Show of All (1972)