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> [A reform in the system of criminal jurisprudence, by which the death penalty shall no longer be inflicted . . . and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-woodhull/a-reform-in-the-system-of-criminal-jurisprudence-by-which-the-death/)

[Victoria Woodhull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-woodhull/)

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> [It is extremely unfortunate that an editor's own life and practice should be notoriously at variance with his written principles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-woodhull/it-is-extremely-unfortunate-that-an-editor-s-own-life-and-practice/)

[Victoria Woodhull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-woodhull/)

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> [There are none so ignorant but they may be taught. So, too, are there none so unfortunate in their understanding of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-woodhull/there-are-none-so-ignorant-but-they-may-be-taught-so-too-are-there/)

[Victoria Woodhull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-woodhull/)

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## Other authors on Unfortunate

## More by Victoria Woodhull

> [To go behind a man's hall-door is mean, cowardly, unfair opposition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-woodhull/to-go-behind-a-man-s-hall-door-is-mean-cowardly-unfair-opposition/)

[Victoria Woodhull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-woodhull/)

> [I and others of my sex find ourselves controlled by a form of government in the inauguration of which we had no voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-woodhull/i-and-others-of-my-sex-find-ourselves-controlled-by-a-form-of/)

[Victoria Woodhull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-woodhull/)

> [By what right do you refuse to accept the vote of a citizen of the United States?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-woodhull/by-what-right-do-you-refuse-to-accept-the-vote-of-a-citizen-of-the/)

[Victoria Woodhull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-woodhull/)

> [Woman, no less than man, can qualify herself for the more onerous occupations of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-woodhull/woman-no-less-than-man-can-qualify-herself-for-the-more-onerous/)

[Victoria Woodhull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-woodhull/)

> [A reform in the system of criminal jurisprudence, by which the death penalty shall no longer be inflicted . . . and by which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-woodhull/a-reform-in-the-system-of-criminal-jurisprudence-by-which-the-death/)

[Victoria Woodhull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-woodhull/)

> [A new educational system in which all children born shall have the same advantage of physical, industrial, mental and moral culture, and thus be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-woodhull/a-new-educational-system-in-which-all-children-born-shall-have-the/)

[Victoria Woodhull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-woodhull/)

> [I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-woodhull/i-shall-not-change-my-course-because-those-who-assume-to-be-better/)

[Victoria Woodhull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-woodhull/)

> [The wife who submits to sexual intercourse against her wishes or desires, virtually commits suicide; while the husband who compels it, commits murder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-woodhull/the-wife-who-submits-to-sexual-intercourse-against-her-wishes-or/)

[Victoria Woodhull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-woodhull/)

> [If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-woodhull/if-women-would-today-would-rise-en-masse-and-demand-their/)

[Victoria Woodhull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-woodhull/)

> [It is not great wealth in a few individuals that proves a country is prosperous, but great general wealth evenly distributed among the people. . .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-woodhull/it-is-not-great-wealth-in-a-few-individuals-that-proves-a-country-is/)

[Victoria Woodhull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-woodhull/)

> [The sin of all time has been the exercise of assumed powers. This is the essence of tyranny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-woodhull/the-sin-of-all-time-has-been-the-exercise-of-assumed-powers-this-is/)

[Victoria Woodhull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-woodhull/)

> [For a woman to consider a financial question was shuddered over as a profanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-woodhull/for-a-woman-to-consider-a-financial-question-was-shuddered-over-as-a/)

[Victoria Woodhull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-woodhull/)

> [It is extremely unfortunate that an editor's own life and practice should be notoriously at variance with his written principles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-woodhull/it-is-extremely-unfortunate-that-an-editor-s-own-life-and-practice/)

[Victoria Woodhull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-woodhull/)

> [I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-woodhull/i-now-announce-myself-as-candidate-for-the-presidency-i-anticipate/)

[Victoria Woodhull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-woodhull/)

> [If Congress refuse to listen to and grant what women ask, there is but one course left then to pursue. What is there left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-woodhull/if-congress-refuse-to-listen-to-and-grant-what-women-ask-there-is-but/)

[Victoria Woodhull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-woodhull/)

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