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It is not great wealth in a few individuals that proves a country is prosperous, but great general wealth evenly distributed among the people. . .
Victoria Woodhull
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Victoria Woodhull
Age: 89 †
Born: 1838
Born: January 1
Died: 1927
Died: January 1
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I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.
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If Congress refuse to listen to and grant what women ask, there is but one course left then to pursue. What is there left for women to do but to become the mothers of the future government?
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I do not shake hands from a sanitary standpoint.
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I do not intend to be made the scapegoat of sacrifice, to be offered up as a victim to society.
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All talk of women's rights is moonshine. Women have every right. They have only to exercise them.
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If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.
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I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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