Organization should be effected for two principal ends: First, for construction; second, for destruction.
Victoria C. Woodhull: “Organization should be effected for two principal ends: First, for construction; second, for destruction.”
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She advocates for organization to achieve both constructive and destructive goals in societal change.
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