The recognition now that there is such a science, and the fact that the evolution of society thus far has been formulated under it, is a vast step toward a general recognition of it.
Victoria C. Woodhull
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Victoria Claflin Woodhull, later Victoria Woodhull Martin, was an American leader of the women's suffrage movement who ran for president of the United States in the 1872 election. While many historians and authors agree that Woodhull was the first woman to run for the presidency, some disagree with classifying it as a true candidacy because according to the Constitution she would have been too young to be president if elected.
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It must emanate from a consciousness within society itself of the justice of such principles therefore the mind of society must be imbued with these principles; and to do this is the business of those who understand the science of society.
No one will attempt to deny but that there is sufficient capital or wealth in the world to enable every one to live in a palace; neither would any deny that the conditions of humanity would be very much improved could such a leveling down…
No ignoring of any part of the community, whether male or female, can exist The organization must recognize each and every member of the community, and they in turn must also recognize the organization which becomes the rule of government.
A perfect system of freedom is one of the first essentials, and this must be regulated by an exact justice, as between a community of brothers and sisters.
Agitation must always precede organization, and hence it is that nearly all primary movements are simply destructive or disintegrating to existing conditions.
Neither can the exertions of a great number of individuals become constructive unless their action is combined or organized in one direction and for the same purpose.
Simple individual exertion can never be constructive of society.
It is not laid down in any spirit of mere speculation, but as a mark which the human family is capable of attaining, and one to which it should aspire.
One of “our Fundamental Propositions” is the ultimate analysis of the perfected results of harmonious relations between labor and its reward.
This principle is recognized in very many things in government; for instance, the public demands a common highway which must interfere with the rights and interests of individuals; the individuals are compelled to give way for the public…
If capacity for acquisition exist among a part of the people, government should interfere to stop its being practiced at the expense of others.