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In these you will find your best advocates, but see to it that your suffrages are never, once again, worse than withheld.
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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Editor's note · Context
Woodhull advises that the best advocates for labor interests may come from those who understand their struggles, urging active participation in elections.
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