Victoria Woodhull Quotes

I supposed that to marry was to be transported to a heaven not only of happiness but of purity and perfection. ~ Victoria Woodhull

A reform in the system of criminal jurisprudence, by which the death penalty shall no longer be inflicted ... and by which our so-called prisons shall be virtually transformed into vast reformatory workshops, from which the unfortunate may emerge to be useful members of society, instead of the alienated citizens they now are. ~ 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

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

There are none so ignorant but they may be taught. So, too, are there none so unfortunate in their understanding of the true and high relation of the sexes as not to be amenable to the right kind of instruction. ~ Victoria Woodhull

I believe in Spiritualism; I advocate free love in the highest, purest sense, as the only cure for the damnation by which men corrupt God's most holy institution of sexual relations. ~ Victoria Woodhull

All talk of women's rights is moonshine. Women have every right. They have only to exercise them. ~ Victoria Woodhull

All that is good and commendable now existing would continue to exist if all marriage laws were repealed tomorrow ... ~ Victoria Woodhull

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

I offer you the remedy of Free Love as an antidote for enforced lust, and the world will have to take it before the disease can be cured. ~ Victoria Woodhull

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

I was divorced from Dr. Woodhull for reasons which to me were sufficient, but I was never his enemy. ~ Victoria Woodhull

Victoria Woodhull and her sister were the 1870s equivalent of the Kardashian sisters. ~ Rysa Walker

Woman's ability to earn money is better protection against the tyranny and brutality of men than her ability to vote. ~ Victoria Woodhull

You are all aware that my private life has been pictured to the public by the press of the country with the intent to make people believe me to be a very bad woman. ~ Victoria Woodhull

Every woman knows that if she were free, she would never bear an unwished-for child nor think of murdering one before its birth. ~ Victoria Woodhull

No man who respects his mother or loves his sister, can speak disparagingly of any woman; however low she may seem to have sunk, she is still a woman. I want every man to remember this. Every woman is, or, at some time, has been a sister or daughter ... ~ Victoria Woodhull

There is something wrong with a government that makes women the legal property of their husbands. The whole system needs changing, but men will never make the changes. They have too much to lose. ~ Victoria Woodhull

I boldly entered the arena of business and exercised the rights I already possessed. ~ Victoria Woodhull

There are scores of thousands of women who are denominated prostitutes, and who are supported by hundreds of thousands of men who should, for like reasons, also be denominated prostitutes, since what will change a woman into a prostitute must also necessarily change a man into the same. ~ Victoria Woodhull

One of the charges made against me is that I lived in the same house with my former husband, Dr. Woodhull, and my present husband, Col. Blood. The fact is a fact. ~ 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. ~ 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 ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable. ~ Victoria Woodhull

By what right do you refuse to accept the vote of a citizen of the United States? ~ Victoria Woodhull

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

I endeavor to make the most of everything. ~ 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 equally prepared at maturity to enter upon active, responsible and useful lives ... In so doing, it strikes a fatal blow at ... the most demoralizing of all monopolies ... educational superiority. ~ Victoria Woodhull

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

It must always be remembered that you can never do right until you are first free to do wrong; since the doing of a thing under compulsion is evidence neither of good nor bad intent; and if under compulsion, who shall decide what would be the substituted rule of action under full freedom? ~ Victoria Woodhull

I shall make it my business to take my chances in the matter of libel suits. ~ Victoria Woodhull

It is extremely unfortunate that an editor's own life and practice should be notoriously at variance with his written principles. ~ Victoria Woodhull

I went with my husband and an innocent child to California. I went to a theatrical manager and asked him to allow me to earn money enough on the stage to buy our tickets home. He did. ~ Victoria Woodhull

Political matters are developing so fast that we must not let a single thing slip without use. ~ Victoria Woodhull

I know that my companions from the moment of birth were heaven's choicest souls. I grew side by side with them, in fact all the education and inspiration came over them. ~ 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 for women to do but to become the mothers of the future government? ~ Victoria Claflin Woodhull

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

Hundreds, thousands, aye, millions of human beings, men, women and children, wander the streets of our cities and the highways of our country, hungry, ragged and cold, vainly seeking in this land of plenty, where physical want should be unknown. ~ Victoria Woodhull

The spirits are coming back to tear your damned system of sexual slavery into tatters and consign its blackened remnants to the depth of everlasting hell. ~ Victoria Woodhull

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

Women have every right; they just have to excercise them. ~ Victoria Woodhull

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

Strike as much and as hard as you please, only don't do it in the dark so that I cannot know who is my enemy. ~ Victoria Woodhull

I'd rather be free in Hell than in chains in America."--Victoria Woodhull in The Renegade Queen ~ Eva Flynn

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

One day you men will learn
to pay attention and all the world will
tremble. ~ Victoria Aveyard

My ma told me that there isn't anything in this life worth having that comes easy. She told me that every road I walk down's gonna have a price. But what she didn't tell me and what I learned since I've been here is that if you don't choose the road you're gonna walk, sooner or later someone else'll do that choosing for you. ~ Victoria Forester

It's okay to not be okay," she says. "When you've been through things - whatever those things are - and you don't allow yourself to not be okay, then you only make it worse. Our problems will tear us apart if we try to ignore them. They demand attention because they need it. ~ Victoria Schwab

His expression is unreadable, but his meaning is clear. With one hand, he points at his feet. His fingers are whiter than I remember.

I do as he says.

I kneel. ~ Victoria Aveyard

I would love to work with Cameron Crowe; he's definitely one of my favorite directors. ~ Victoria Justice

I positively think that ladies who are always enceinte quite disgusting; it is more like a rabbit or guinea-pig than anything else and really it is not very nice. ~ Queen Victoria

Home. The word still tastes like sandpaper in my mouth. But it makes Mom smile - a tired, true smile - so it's worth it. ~ Victoria Schwab

In an auditorium full of stares, his was the gaze she felt. in a classroom full of students learning lies, he scribbled the truth in the margins. In a school that clung to the illusion of safety, he didn't shy from talk of violence. He didn't belong there, the way she didn't belong there, and that shared strangeness made her feel like she knew him. ~ Victoria Schwab

Death has an energy. It is thick as sludge, heavy as iron, and pulls you down into yourself like an imploding building. ~ Victoria Laurie

Thank God she wasn't wearing shorts. She hadn't shaved her legs in a week, theorizing that October in the mountains was pretty darn cold and she might need the extra layer of insulation. ~ Victoria Dahl

Solitude isn't loneliness. Solitude is when the entire serene universe seems to surround and hold you quietly. ~ Victoria Erickson

The only person in my head is me. ~ Victoria Aveyard

Sometimes, laughing like a lunatic can be the best solution. Or crying loudly into a pillow. But don't regret anything. Always tell yourself "I. Regret. Nothing." because really, no matter how sucky, or crappy your life gets, you really shouldn't regret it. Everything you do makes yourself up, and kid, just do the right thing every now and then, and you'll be good. We. Regret. Nothing. ~ Victoria Estrada

We have to take care of ourselves if we are going to take care of anyone else properly. ~ Victoria Osteen

Ravenna felt so good in his arms, too damn good. He never thought he'd crave a woman's touch the way he craved hers. He had a burning desire, an aching need to hold her, kiss her, make her his. ~ Victoria Roberts

Have no fear, cowboy," Nikki replied in a tone meant to disguise the warm flush that had come over her. "I corralled all my wild impulses long ago."
"Did you, now?" He still stood in the doorway, head cocked. "Somehow, I think you may have missed a few strays. ~ Victoria Vane

For all their strength, all their power, they still know the meaning of fear. ~ Victoria Aveyard

WRITING THROUGH FIRE IS AN AUTHOR'S JOURNEY. ~ Victoria A. Young

Anyone, anything, can betray anyone. Even your own heart. ~ Victoria Aveyard

You want to live a life in which the things you have traded your hard-earned money for are quality items that really do uplift your life. ~ Victoria Moran

I think loss isolates a person. Everybody is far too nervous to ask you how you feel, in case you have a breakdown in front of them. It's much easier not to say anything and hope the pain goes away quickly and quietly. ~ Victoria Connelly

I love Victoria Secret! ~ Tena Desae

Cal stares ahead, as if his eyes alone can set the entire world on fire. I think he wants to. That would make this easier. ~ Victoria Aveyard

From now until the end of your days, you must lie. Your life depends on it, little lightning girl. ~ Victoria Aveyard

There was no Delete button to help you erase an awkward scene. You couldn't hit Backspace to get rid of all the rubbishy bits. You had to live with the decisions you made. ~ Victoria Connelly

I had a non-existent knowledge of Queen Victoria's early years. Like everyone else, I thought of her as an old lady dressed in black. My mom had told me about her, though, that she had a very loving relationship with Albert, that they had lots of kids, and that he died young. ~ Emily Blunt

Most people are trying to go digital, and trying to do different things with poetry. McSweeney's is going in the opposite direction - going more classic, and retro, which is all coming back. ~ Victoria Chang

I've learned that the heart does not lie. The thought of never being with him or having him in my life again shattered me. Not a day went by that I didn't think of his smile or remember his laugh, his touch, and how that alluring Scottish accent always made my knees tremble. ~ Victoria Roberts

They were just words that had slipped from her mouth. And what are words? Nothing but hot air and vibration. Only the bitter cold can make you see them. But sadly, words never get lost. Words last longer than matter – longer than anything you may have or have lost. Words are what, if anything, remain. ~ Victoria Harwood Butler-Sloss

It's our nature. We destroy. It's the constant of our kind. No matter the color of blood, man will always fall. ~ Victoria Aveyard

We are still so close, David and I. We were at a party the other day at my mum's house and I was sitting on his lap. We're very affectionate. And I looked at him and thought after being married for 11 years! We were the only couple who were even near each other at that party. We're soul mates. ~ Victoria Beckham

When you're dealt a crappy situation, you think to yourself, At least it can't get any worse than this. And then life ~ Victoria Scott

Do you deny that you want me, Miranda?" he whispered seductively. His gaze dropped to her mouth. Was he going to kiss her? Her nerves coiled tighter, her anticipation ramping up another notch. "Isn't that the real reason you came out here with me?" His mouth hovered inches from hers, his hot, humid breath inciting tiny ripples down her spine. "If I can't hear it from your lips, I'll make your body speak. ~ Victoria Vane

You're walking around here with a smile on your face, Asher. It's freaking everybody out. ~ Victoria Dahl

Everyone wants me to be perfect, but I am so far from perfect! ~ Victoria Justice

Dad says that the world is always changing, every second of every day, and so is everything in it, which means that the you you are right now is different from the you you were when you started reading this sentence. Crazy, right? And your memories change, too. (For instance, I swear the teddy bear I had growing up was green, but according to my parents it was orange.) But when you take a photograph, things stay still. The way that they were, is the way that they are, is the way that they will always be. ~ Victoria Schwab

The challenges are gonna go, and your children are gonna grow, so try to enjoy this moment, and try to look at what's good, and be grateful for what you have because you will see better days. ~ Victoria Osteen

I want to stretch myself as an actor. ~ Victoria Justice

She picked up a slice of Victoria Sponge, broke it into large pieces and tossed them in their direction. I hadn't had any yet, and could not suppress a small whimper. 'It's for science, Director,' she said. 'We must all make sacrifices. ~ Jodi Taylor

As a child, I amused myself by making up stories. I'd lie in bed when I was supposed to be sleeping and imagine other lands where people were doing fascinating things. By fifth grade, I knew I wanted to be a writer, but it took several more decades to really find my way as an author. ~ Victoria Hanley

Her newly revealed skin was white and luminous, her body tender and abundantly curved... He closed his eyes briefly, striving to subdue this violent passion. When he opened them again, Vivien had moved away from him and hastily climbed into bed, pulling the linens over her nakedness. Her bashfulness was so genuine, so... well, virginal, that he wondered if this was what she had been like long ago, before embarking on her career as a courtesan.
"Don't cover yourself," he murmured. "Your body is too beautiful to be concealed."
The bedsheets did not lower an in inch. "I'm cold," she said breathlessly, her cheeks flushed.
"I'll warm you," he promised with a quick grin, stripping off his coat. ~ Lisa Kleypas

I was a latecomer to romance, although I did read gothics. My father used to work for the 'Fort Worth Star-Telegram,' and their book reviewer, author Leonard Sanders, would pass on the gothics for my dad to give to me since Leonard didn't review gothics. I gobbled up books by Mary Stewart, Madeleine Brent, Victoria Holt and Phyllis Whitney. ~ Lori Wilde