Ben Lindsey Quotes & Sayings

I demand for the unmarried mother, as a sacred channel of life, the same reverence and respect as for the married mother; for Maternity is a cosmic thing and once it has come to pass, our conversation must not be permitted to blaspheme it. — Ben Lindsey

Pontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship. — Ben Lindsey

The churches used to win their arguments against atheism, agnosticism, and other burning issues by burning the ismist, which is fine proof that there is a devil but hardly evidence that there is a God. — Ben Lindsey

I do beseech you to direct your efforts more to preparing youth for the path and less to preparing the path for the youth. — Ben Lindsey

Motherhood is so honorable a thing that nothing - no convention - can possibly make it dishonorable; and from the standpoint of the right of the child ... the unmarried mother should be granted by society the same reverence and regard as the married mother. — Ben Lindsey

Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock. — Ben Lindsey