On the record
Force, as a regulator, can at best be but a mere temporary makeshift, which, unless quickly followed by justice in organization, degenerates into absolutism.
Said by
Victoria C. Woodhull
Source
gutenberg.orgForce, as a regulator, can at best be but a mere temporary makeshift, which, unless quickly followed by justice in organization, degenerates into absolutism.
Woodhull critiques the use of force as a temporary solution, advocating for justice in organization instead.
Share
More from Victoria C. Woodhull
Who will dare to assert that they are not even now seeking another Moses to lead “His people” up out of Egypt?
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!
Prisons would be converted into asylums and workshops for the weak and unfortunate, and their keepers into superintendents and teachers.
If the angel in the bush were possible, why may not angels manifest the wisdom, power, and justice of God in our legislative halls?