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.
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…”
Editor's note · Context
This statement argues for the reliability of national credit in peacetime, drawing on wartime experiences.
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