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While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it.
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 was divorced from Dr. Woodhull for reasons which to me were sufficient, but I was never his enemy.
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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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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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The American nation, in its march onward and upward, can not publicly choke the intellectual and political activity of half its citizens by narrow statutes.
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Strike as much and as hard as you please, only don't do it in the dark so that I cannot know who is my enemy.
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Woman, no less than man, can qualify herself for the more onerous occupations of life.
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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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I shall make it my business to take my chances in the matter of libel suits.
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My judges preach against free love openly, practice it secretly.
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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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Every woman knows that if she were free, she would never bear an unwished-for child nor think of murdering one before its birth.
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