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Victoria C. Woodhull: They begin to see that they obtained freedom from one “tyranny” only to yield themselves to another, less odious than it…

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They begin to see that they obtained freedom from one “tyranny” only to yield themselves to another, less odious than it was from the fact that one was represented by one person, while the other is represented by numerous persons.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull points out that people often exchange one form of tyranny for another, which may be less visible but still oppressive.

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