Tennessee Celeste Claflin Quotes

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In all cases of monstrosity at birth anaesthetics should be applied by doctors publicly appointed for that purpose... Every successive year would see fewer of the unfit born, and finally none. But, it may be urged, this is legalized infanticide. Assuredly it is; and it is urgently needed.

Tennessee Celeste Claflin
The absolute freedom of woman will be the dawn of the day of man's regeneration. In raising her he will elevate himself.

Tennessee Celeste Claflin
While we honour religion and believe it to be a powerful factor in elevating our race, we discriminate, as we hope our readers will also do, between it and dogmatism. Dogmatism has been the bane of civilization and a curse to mankind. It has degraded our sex, stifled intelligent inquiry, and persecuted every independent reformer and every noble cause.

Tennessee Celeste Claflin
The revolt against any oppression usually goes to an opposite extreme for a time; and that is right and necessary.

Tennessee Celeste Claflin
No community where more than one-half of the adults are disfranchised and otherwise incapacitated by law and custom, can be free from great vices. Purity is inconsistent with slavery.

Tennessee Celeste Claflin
It is as true in morals as in physics that all force is imperishable; therefore the consequences of a human action never cease.

Tennessee Celeste Claflin
Criminality should be exterminated by disabling all notorious and irreclaimable criminals.

Tennessee Celeste Claflin