On the record
Thus come all governments, while revolutions are the results of the outworking of principles, through peoples, who are their representatives.
Said by
Victoria C. Woodhull
Source
gutenberg.orgVictoria C. Woodhull: “Thus come all governments, while revolutions are the results of the outworking of principles, through peoples, who are…”
Editor's note · Context
Woodhull connects the emergence of governments to the principles that guide revolutions and societal change.
Share
More from Victoria C. Woodhull
A fact isolated from all connections loses its significance.
If he will not labor, society should compel him.
Or will they sell their birthright for less than a “mess of pottage?” Is it necessary that some great calamity come before an awakening to the reality of the condition will occur?
That kind of money which has elasticity, that will be plenty when business is active, and that can be readily put to other use for profit when business is less demanding, is the kind the prosperity of a country demands.