“ Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped. Victoria Woodhull
“ I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it. Victoria Woodhull
“ 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,… Victoria Woodhull
“ 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
“ I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable. Victoria Woodhull
“ 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
“ 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
“ 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
