If they would take the precepts of Christ and build a new Constitution upon them, nobody would object; but to be asked to recognize a God whom these people have themselves fashioned and set up, who hath not even human sense of justice, is quite a different thing, and one to which this people will not submit.
Victoria C. Woodhull: “If they would take the precepts of Christ and build a new Constitution upon them, nobody would object; but to be asked…”
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Woodhull challenges the idea of recognizing a fabricated God in political matters, advocating for genuine justice instead.
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