Noun
The science of improving stock, whether human or animal.
Source: Webster's dictionaryEugenics is ... the most adequate and thorough avenue to the solution of racial, political and social problems. Margaret Sanger
The campaign for birth control is not merely of eugenic value, but is practically identical with the final aims of eugenics. Margaret Sanger
At its birth eugenics was not a politicised science; it was a science-ised political creed. Matt Ridley
Eugenics was not inspired by Darwin's natural selection but by ancient agricultural ARTIFICIAL selection. Eugenics is UNnatural selection. Richard Dawkins
We're dabbling in eugenics all the time, breeding ideal crops to replace less aesthetic or nutritious or hardy varieties; leveling forests to graze cattle or erect shopping malls and condos; planting groves of a few familiar trees that homeowners and industries prefer. Diane Ackerman
When I destroyed my unwanted children, it was murder. When Yahweh did the same, it was eugenics. Do you approve of the universe, Ham? James K. Morrow