If bereft of the capacity to influence the masses who heretofore have not thought for themselves, they know their power will depart.
Victoria C. Woodhull: “If bereft of the capacity to influence the masses who heretofore have not thought for themselves, they know their power…”
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Woodhull reflects on the necessity for leaders to maintain the support of the masses to retain their power.
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