Victoria C. Woodhull: “It is not for the best interests of the wealthy to become still more so at the expense of poverty to those under them.”

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.

In all seasons of financial distress, gold, as a standard, has failed.

What, then, should be the sphere of justice in maintaining equality in freedom?

I have deliberately and of my own accord placed myself before the people as a candidate for the Presidency of the United States, and having the means, courage, energy and strength necessary for the race, intend to contest it to the close.