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Victoria C. Woodhull: “If the credit of the country was sufficiently good to furnish it with the means to carry on such an exhaustive war as…”

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If the credit of the country was sufficiently good to furnish it with the means to carry on such an exhaustive war as ours was, it surely should be good for any peaceful time.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

Editor's note · Context

This statement argues for the reliability of national credit in peacetime, drawing on wartime experiences.

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