Margaret Sanger Quotes
Organized charity itself is. . . the surest sign that our civilization has bred, is breeding and is perpetuating constantly increasing numbers of defectives, delinquents and dependents
Sanger, Margaret. The Pivot of Civilization. Brentano's, 1922, p. 108.
It was finally passed and signed into law on August 22, 1996
Many of the religious, charitable organizations have developed a technical expertise and efficiency in delivering social services. Therefore, frequently the government uses them as contractors to deliver social services that would otherwise be provided by government employees or private corporations who do not have the skill or experience and will also take a profit. The Salvation Army and other religious charities from different denominations also serve as contractors. The problem of separation of church and state is ameliorated by the religious organizations agreeing that the services will be provided to all regardless of religious affiliation and that there will be no religion involved in the provision of the services--like required prayer at a homeless shelter funded by the government.
What makes this a noteworthy political quotation is that when he made the statement, his party had lurched to the radical right and almost no one else in the Republican party would publicly say that the Federal Government had any legitimate role that involved social services, food distribution, welfare or health care. Also the Republican Presidential candidate the day before had been discovered writing off the poorest 43 percent of the country. Heller however, was up for reelection in a state what was hit much harder than most in the Great Recession and without Federal Assistance many state residents would be in terrible circumstances and Heller would not fare well in the election if he took the then required Republican ideology. Also, Heller came from a blue collar family and had a much different outlook than most Republicans of that particular time.
Margaret Higgins Sanger was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. Sanger popularized the term "birth control", opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, and established organizations that evolved into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
