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Had they been elucidated—had their principles guided the construction of the Constitution itself, all would have been well.
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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She believes that if the principles of human rights had guided the Constitution, society would be better off.
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And this is no more true of the pauper laborers of Europe and the slave laborers of Asia than it is of the free labor of America.
The chief value, then, of an intimate knowledge of the past is, that from it the future may be foreseen, and that the lesson it teaches may assist in the formation of aids to the natural order of things.
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To begin a work right, is to have it half accomplished; and most powerfully does this apply in the matter of determining who shall be your representatives.