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Victoria C. Woodhull: “It will be also seen that the forms by which the principles of our government are administered are imperfect, and…”

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It will be also seen that the forms by which the principles of our government are administered are imperfect, and consequently that, however much we may reverence the Constitution of the United States, it requires remodeling to enable the true principles of government to find expression through it.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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She critiques the U.S. Constitution for being imperfect and needing reform to express true governmental principles.

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