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Victoria C. Woodhull: In no country as yet does the government exist by the consent of the governed.

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In no country as yet does the government exist by the consent of the governed.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

Editor's note · Context

She claims that no country truly operates under the principle of consent of the governed.

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