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Give dysgenic groups [people with 'bad genes'] in our population their choice of segregation or [compulsory] sterilization.

Margaret Sanger

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Margaret Sanger
Age: 86 †
Born: 1879
Born: September 14
Died: 1966
Died: September 6
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Corning
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Margaret Higgins
Margaret Higgins Sanger
Margaret Hennessy Higgins
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The undeniably feeble-minded should, indeed, not only be discouraged but prevented from propagating their kind.
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