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There are no such things as private rights when the public good stands in question.
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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gutenberg.orgVictoria C. Woodhull: “There are no such things as private rights when the public good stands in question.”
Editor's note · Context
She claims that private rights do not exist when the public good is at stake.
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