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.

Every woman knows that if she were free, she would never bear an unwished-for child nor think of murdering one before its birth.

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.

I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it.

I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

I was divorced from Dr. Woodhull for reasons which to me were sufficient, but I was never his enemy.

When I found I had given birth to a human wreckage, to a child that was an imbecile, my heart was broken.