It is not necessary for us to say that all such fortunes are the results of bribery and corruption, and their possessors public thieves, and utterly unworthy of the confidence of honest devotees to a popular form of government.
Woodhull critiques the corrupting influence of wealth in politics, emphasizing the need for integrity in government.
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Who will dare to assert that they are not even now seeking another Moses to lead “His people” up out of Egypt?
Are they not better qualified to direct legislation now than the wisest among us?
Verily, verily, I say unto you, this people vaunteth and puffeth itself with knowledge, but wisdom hath surely departed to the lowly ones of earth!
Are not their minds expanded to the comprehension of the great principles of governmental justice?