What more do people want, except it be for the purpose of tyrannizing over others dependent upon them?
Victoria C. Woodhull: “What more do people want, except it be for the purpose of tyrannizing over others dependent upon them?”
Editor's note · Context
Woodhull emphasizes the fundamental desires of humanity in the pursuit of freedom and justice.
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