" People will ask me, in good and bad faith, what can be done about this. If it helps, I give my solemn promise not to crash weddings at Western State, complaining about sterilizations and patient labor. I am not calling for the museumification of a commercial development, because that would be a waste of time. I am a realist. The deed is done. But in a city and state that celebrates the past, would it really be so taxing to live in the truth that the world around us is connected to the lives, labor, and loss of an exploited people? "

― , Pure America: Eugenics and the Making of Modern Virginia