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If, in getting that, the people find bayonets opposing them, it will not be their fault if they make their way through them by the aid of bayonets.
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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Editor's note · Context
Woodhull warns that if the people face violent opposition, it is not their fault if they respond in kind.
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