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The will of the entire people is the true basis of republican government, and a free expression . . . by the public vote of all citizens, without distinctions of race, color, occupation, or sex, is the only means by which that will can be ascertained.

Source: As quoted in History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 2, ch.23,by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage, 1882.
-- Victoria Claffin Woodhull, (Sep 23 1838-1927), US reformer; She championed such diverse causes as woman suffrage, free love, and the Greenback Movement; first woman nominated for U.S. president.

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