September 14: Notable Births, with Quotes
Explore memorable and revealing quotes from public figures, past and present, who were born on September 14.
Allan Bloom, philosopher (September 14, 1930–October 7, 1992)
“I’m not a snob. If one can still study and think, the entire tension of me as a teacher is always to provide some inner standard which penetrates the whole of life. It’s not supposed to be separate from America.” —Allan Bloom
Heffner, Richard. “Allan Bloom Interview (1/3).” YouTube, April 25, 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFVKgGSpZdQ
“Anybody at any time can, with proper resources, touch what is highest humanly. It is not in the reconstitution of other imperfect societies or in the longing or nostalgia for them that one becomes educated. “ —Allan Bloom
Heffner, Richard. “Allan Bloom Interview (1/3).” YouTube, April 25, 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFVKgGSpZdQ
Margaret Sanger, birth control activist (September 14, 1879–September 6, 1966)
“I saw women, who asked to have some means whereby they wouldn’t have to have another pregnancy too early, after the last child, the last abortion, which many of them had. Certainly there are numerous things … that really made you feel that you had to do something.” —Margaret Sanger
Wallace, Mike. “30 Minutes with Mike Wallace.” New York University, Winter 2004/2005, https://sanger.hosting.nyu.edu/articles/mike_wallace/
“My feeling is that love and attraction between men and women, in many cases is the very finest relationship; it has nothing to do with bearing a child, it’s secondary many, many times and we know that–you see your birth rates and you can talk to people who have very happy marriages and they’re not having babies every year.” —Margaret Sanger
Wallace, Mike. “30 Minutes with Mike Wallace.” New York University, Winter 2004/2005, https://sanger.hosting.nyu.edu/articles/mike_wallace/
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