Victoria Woodhull Quotes

American - Activist | September 23, 1838 - June 9, 1927

I and others of my sex find ourselves controlled by a form of government in the inauguration of which we had no voice.

Victoria Woodhull

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Woman, no less than man, can qualify herself for the more onerous occupations of life.

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

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My opinions and principles are subjects of just criticism. I put myself before the public voluntarily.

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My judges preach against free love openly, practice it secretly.

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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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For a woman to consider a financial question was shuddered over as a profanity.

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By what right do you refuse to accept the vote of a citizen of the United States?

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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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To go behind a man's hall-door is mean, cowardly, unfair opposition.

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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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I would like above any other place to go to Hartford. I want to face the conservatism there centered and compel it into decency.

Victoria Woodhull

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