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Victoria C. Woodhull: “Policy should be entirely discarded from all place in the argument, and principles should alone be discussed.”

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Policy should be entirely discarded from all place in the argument, and principles should alone be discussed.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

Editor's note · Context

Woodhull insists that discussions should focus on principles rather than political policies.

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