“All that is good and commendable now existing would continue to exist if all marriage laws were repealed tomorrow . . .” IfsLawTomorrowCommendable Book:A Speech on the Principles of Social Freedom Source: A Speech on the Principles of Social Freedom
“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.” CountryHandsGovernmentLawPoliticalOrderPoliticsPowerMalesSpite Author:Victoria Woodhull
“Good care is taken that each state shall have its prisons . . . and other asylums; but not one building is erected nor one law enforced that would teach the people how not to contribute to these over-crowded receptacles of human misery . . . . All of our politicians are ready to deal with the effects, but not one of them is brave enough to penetrate the substratum of society and deal with the cause.” PeopleHumansStatesEnoughCareLawCausesDealsTeachTakenEffectsBuildingReadyPoliticianPrisonBraveMiseryPenetrateCrowdedAsylums Author:Victoria Woodhull
“No legal ceremony--no election of the woman--no penalty for the perfidy of the man--no law to compel him to do his duty, no compensation for the poor woman who is turned adrift like the girl of the street, penniless, to sell herself on the best possible terms. This is Divine marriage, or Moses and the Bible lie; and this is Bible divorce--putting away!” MenLawLyingGirlTermPoorStreetsDivineDutyElectionSellsDivorcePenaltiesCeremonyCompensationMosesAdriftPerfidy Author:Victoria Woodhull
