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Victoria C. Woodhull: “Principle could not, in any event, be less the ruling power than now; nor could money buy more politicians than it does…”

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Principle could not, in any event, be less the ruling power than now; nor could money buy more politicians than it does now.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull argues that principles and money's influence on politicians remain unchanged regardless of political shifts.

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