No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother.

Margaret Sanger

Woman and the New Race

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Topic

Women's rights

Author

Margaret Sanger

Source

Woman and the New Race

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Activist

From

United States

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Citation

Sanger, Margaret. Woman and the New Race. Brentano's, 1920, ch. 8.

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The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.

Louis Brandeis

Olmstead v. United States

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Threats to freedom Freedom

Author

Louis Brandeis
Source
Olmstead v. United States
Medium
Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
Dissenting opinion Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1928 1920s 20th century
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Citation

Brandeis, Louis. Dissenting Opinion. Olmstead v. United States. United States Reports, vol. 277, 4 June 1928, pp. 471-485. Justia, https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/277/438/.

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The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

W.B. Yeats

The Second Coming

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Decline of civilization Moral decline

Author

W.B. Yeats
Source
The Second Coming
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1920 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "The Second Coming." The Dial, Nov. 1920.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "The Second Coming." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008.