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Susan B. Anthony: it was we, the people

Author: Susan B. Anthony Year: 1873 Length: 318 characters Difficulty: easy Public domain

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It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people - women as well as men.

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Susan B. Anthony voted in Rochester in November 1872 and was arrested a fortnight later. Before her trial she gave this speech in town after town across Monroe County, so that no juror could claim not to know her argument. She read the preamble of the Constitution aloud and asked who the words we the people included. The court fined her one hundred dollars, and she never paid it.

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Susan B. Anthony voted in Rochester in November 1872 and was arrested a fortnight later. Before her trial she gave this speech in town after town across Monroe County, so that no juror could claim not to know her argument. She read the preamble of the Constitution aloud and asked who the words we the people included. The court fined her one hundred dollars, and she never paid it.

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