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Victoria C. Woodhull: “Therefore no city, county, State, or number of them, less than all cities, counties and States forming a consolidated…”

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Therefore no city, county, State, or number of them, less than all cities, counties and States forming a consolidated union, can hold in reserve any rights or privileges that do not contribute to the general welfare of the whole, without sooner or later coming into conflict regarding them.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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She argues that no smaller entity can reserve rights that conflict with the general welfare.

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