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Victoria C. Woodhull: “All kinds of crime are but species of debt, and the same rule applies with about the same force to its laws and…”

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All kinds of crime are but species of debt, and the same rule applies with about the same force to its laws and penalties.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull equates crime with debt, proposing that the same principles apply to both in terms of legal consequences.

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