“I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it.”
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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.
I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.
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.
I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.