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The political, national or personal advantages which are supposed to flow from restraints upon commerce, have nothing to do with the question of general reform.
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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This quote asserts that perceived advantages of commerce restrictions are irrelevant to the broader need for reform.
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The tendencies of government from earliest historic time have persistently been to universal sway.
What is seen is not the reality, but that through which the reality makes itself known.
What, then, should be the sphere of justice in maintaining equality in freedom?
It will only be considered as a means to other and higher ends.