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Victoria C. Woodhull: “As society is constituted at present, nothing within its interests has so much power for good or ill as money.”

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As society is constituted at present, nothing within its interests has so much power for good or ill as money.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull asserts that money holds significant power in society, influencing both good and bad outcomes.

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