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The sovereign power of this country is perpetual in the politically-organized people of the United States, and can neither be relinquished nor abandoned by any portion of them.
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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She emphasizes that the sovereign power of the United States belongs perpetually to its citizens and cannot be abandoned.
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