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I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.
Victoria Woodhull
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Victoria Woodhull
Age: 89 †
Born: 1838
Born: January 1
Died: 1927
Died: January 1
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The women of the country have the power in their own hands, in spite of the law and the government being altogether of the male order.
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It makes no difference who or what you are, old or young, black or white, pagan, Jew, or Christian, I want to love you all and be loved by you all, and I mean to have your love.
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Woman's ability to earn money is better protection against the tyranny and brutality of men than her ability to vote.
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I and others of my sex find ourselves controlled by a form of government in the inauguration of which we had no voice.
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I shall make it my business to take my chances in the matter of libel suits.
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The sin of all time has been the exercise of assumed powers. This is the essence of tyranny.
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I would like above any other place to go to Hartford. I want to face the conservatism there centered and compel it into decency.
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Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputations on the line in support of an idea or enterprise.
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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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While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it.
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I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it.
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The will of the entire people is the true basis of republican government, and a free expression . . . by the public vote of all citizens, without distinctions of race, color, occupation, or sex, is the only means by which that will can be ascertained.
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Denounce me for advocating freedom if you can, and I will bear your curse with a better resignation.
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I believe in Spiritualism I advocate free love in the highest, purest sense, as the only cure for the damnation by which men corrupt God's most holy institution of sexual relations.
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I do not assume to speak for anyone. I know I speak in direct opposition to the wishes of many by whom I am surrounded.
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Political matters are developing so fast that we must not let a single thing slip without use.
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Love is that which exists to do good, not merely to get good.
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Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped.
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So after all I am a very promiscuous free lover. I want the love of you all, promiscuously.
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I know that my companions from the moment of birth were heaven's choicest souls. I grew side by side with them, in fact all the education and inspiration came over them.
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