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Victoria C. Woodhull: “It is necessary, therefore, that the governing power must be invested by the governed with the necessary control, to…”

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It is necessary, therefore, that the governing power must be invested by the governed with the necessary control, to compel them into harmonious action, so that no antagonism may arise, to divert the tendency to unity of purpose.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull argues for the necessity of a governing power to ensure harmony among the governed.

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