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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.
Victoria Woodhull
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Victoria Woodhull
Age: 89 †
Born: 1838
Born: January 1
Died: 1927
Died: January 1
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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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Rude contact with facts chased my visions and dreams quickly away, and in their stead I beheld the horrors, the corruption, the evils and hypocrisy of society, and as I stood among them, a young wife, a great wail of agony went out from my soul.
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Let women issue a declaration of independence sexually, and absolutely refuse to cohabit with men until they are acknowledged as equals in everything, and the victory would be won in a single week.
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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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I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.
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When I first saw the light of day on this planet, it seemed as if I had been rudely awakened from a death-like sleep.
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All that is good and commendable now existing would continue to exist if all marriage laws were repealed tomorrow . . .
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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 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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The uses of government should be to foster, protect and promote the possession of equality.
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There are none so ignorant but they may be taught. So, too, are there none so unfortunate in their understanding of the true and high relation of the sexes as not to be amenable to the right kind of instruction.
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I supposed that to marry was to be transported to a heaven not only of happiness but of purity and perfection.
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One of the charges made against me is that I lived in the same house with my former husband, Dr. Woodhull, and my present husband, Col. Blood. The fact is a fact.
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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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Love is that which exists to do good, not merely to get good.
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