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Victoria C. Woodhull: This power, so formed, is the governing power, which, while all parts have contributed to its formation, is in itself…

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This power, so formed, is the governing power, which, while all parts have contributed to its formation, is in itself superior to any power that can be organized within its limits by any part of the originally consolidating powers.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull asserts that the governing power, formed from collective contributions, holds superiority over individual powers.

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