The difficulty has been—and we fear will be—that while the laborer has been busy at his regular task, others have managed the incipient stages that produce the candidates, in such a manner that the interests of the majority have been entirely ignored.
Victoria C. Woodhull: “The difficulty has been—and we fear will be—that while the laborer has been busy at his regular task, others have…”
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Woodhull points out that while laborers are occupied with their work, their interests are often overlooked in the political process.
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