Victoria Woodhull Quotes

American - Activist September 23, 1838 - June 9, 1927

I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Victoria Woodhull

Entitled, Declare, Before

I and others of my sex find ourselves controlled by a form of government in the inauguration of which we had no voice. Victoria Woodhull

Which, Voice, Sex

If Congress refuse to listen to and grant what women ask, there is but one course left then to pursue. What is there left for women to do but to become the mothers of the future government? Victoria Woodhull

Then, Congress, Listen

Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped. Victoria Woodhull

Escaped, Common, Logically

Rude contact with facts chased my visions and dreams quickly away, and in their stead I beheld the horrors, the corruption, the evils and hypocrisy of society, and as I stood among them, a young wife, a great wail of agony went out from my soul. Victoria Woodhull

Away, Beheld, Young

I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question. Victoria Woodhull

However, Trust, Question

Why is a woman to be treated differently? Woman suffrage will succeed, despite this miserable guerilla opposition. Victoria Woodhull

Guerilla, Treated, Woman

The women of the country have the power in their own hands, in spite of the law and the government being altogether of the male order. Victoria Woodhull

Country, Hands, Law

While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it. Victoria Woodhull

Worked, Prayed, Time

I am a free lover. I have an inalienable, constitutional and natural right to love whom I may, to love as long or short a period as I can; to change that love every day if I please. Victoria Woodhull

Love, Period, Natural

My judges preach against free love openly, practice it secretly. Victoria Woodhull

Free Love, Love, Practice

It makes no difference who or what you are, old or young, black or white, pagan, Jew, or Christian, I want to love you all and be loved by you all, and I mean to have your love. Victoria Woodhull

Love, Black Or White, Young

Is it fair to treat a woman worse than a man, and then revile her because she is a woman? Victoria Woodhull

She, Treat, Woman

Denounce me for advocating freedom if you can, and I will bear your curse with a better resignation. Victoria Woodhull

Advocating, Will, Your

I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable. Victoria Woodhull

Voice, Which, Accountable

Women have no government. Victoria Woodhull

Government, Women

Woman, no less than man, can qualify herself for the more onerous occupations of life. Victoria Woodhull

Woman, More, Than

When I found I had given birth to a human wreckage, to a child that was an imbecile, my heart was broken. Victoria Woodhull

Broken, Given, Birth

To go behind a man's hall-door is mean, cowardly, unfair opposition. Victoria Woodhull

Behind, Cowardly, Opposition

My opinions and principles are subjects of just criticism. I put myself before the public voluntarily. Victoria Woodhull

Before, Subjects, Myself

Let women issue a declaration of independence sexually, and absolutely refuse to cohabit with men until they are acknowledged as equals in everything, and the victory would be won in a single week. Victoria Woodhull

Week, Issue, Acknowledged

If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it. Victoria Woodhull

Emancipation, Demand, Would

I would like above any other place to go to Hartford. I want to face the conservatism there centered and compel it into decency. Victoria Woodhull

Other, Like, Centered

I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it. Victoria Woodhull

Desire, Change, Better

I endeavor to make the most of everything. Victoria Woodhull

Most, Endeavor, Everything

I do not shake hands from a sanitary standpoint. Victoria Woodhull

Shake, Hands, Standpoint

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