When war came, as the result of a blind course on the part of politicians, the masses began to open their eyes to the fact that they had been unwittingly betrayed into a most dangerous and fearful condition, wherein it became necessary to cut each other’s throats.
Victoria C. Woodhull: “When war came, as the result of a blind course on the part of politicians, the masses began to open their eyes to the…”
Editor's note · Context
Woodhull reflects on how war revealed the betrayal felt by the masses due to political actions.
Share
More from Victoria C. Woodhull
Now, what we require is a measure of values of just as fixed and absolute a character as any of these.
Thousands possessed of comprehensive principles in a semi state of application have sunk with them into obscurity for lack of appreciation and support.
That kind of money which has elasticity, that will be plenty when business is active, and that can be readily put to other use for profit when business is less demanding, is the kind the prosperity of a country demands.
To begin a work right, is to have it half accomplished; and most powerfully does this apply in the matter of determining who shall be your representatives.