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Victoria C. Woodhull: “The general management of our foreign and domestic affairs does not seem to have risen to the dignity of a policy…”

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The general management of our foreign and domestic affairs does not seem to have risen to the dignity of a policy; though it be allowed to have been consistent in its various parts, it has been destitute of that decision and firmness which characterized the victorious soldier who is now President.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull argues that the administration's foreign and domestic policies lack decisiveness and strength.

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