On the record
He has the inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, when it is not exercised at the expense of the inalienable rights of others in the same direction.
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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Woodhull emphasizes the inalienable rights to life and liberty, provided they do not infringe on others' rights.
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The tendencies of government from earliest historic time have persistently been to universal sway.
How has it been possible thus long for leaders to control the masses, except that the masses have permitted others to act for them, and that without rendering any account for such action?
They must and will attain their journey’s end.
Every thinking person knows that no such persons or principles are in authority now, and that they have not been these many years.