Good care is taken that each state shall have its prisons . . . and other asylums; but not one building is erected nor one law enforced that would teach the people how not to contribute to these over-crowded receptacles of human misery . . . . All of our politicians are ready to deal with the effects, but not one of them is brave enough to penetrate the substratum of society and deal with the cause.
Victoria WoodhullIt is not great wealth in a few individuals that proves a country is prosperous, but great general wealth evenly distributed among the people. . .
Victoria WoodhullThe 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.
Victoria WoodhullPolitical matters are developing so fast that we must not let a single thing slip without use.
Victoria Woodhull