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Victoria C. Woodhull: “The great systems of internal improvements of the country belong to the country, and the country should so arrange their…”

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The great systems of internal improvements of the country belong to the country, and the country should so arrange their conduct that the people could make use of them at the least possible expense of support.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull believes that public infrastructure should be managed for the benefit of all citizens at minimal cost.

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