“Governments derive their just power from the consent of the governed” — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
“What Lippmann took from the war—as he explained in his 1922 classic Public Opinion—was the gap between the true complexity of the… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
We are a nation that has a government-not the other way around. And that makes us special among the nations of the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Here, in this very first paragraph of the Declaration, is the assertion of the natural right of all to the ballot; for… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
Puerto Rican independence movement wasn't just rooted in some sort of personal intransigence or some passionate Latino temperament. It was rooted in… — Nelson Antonio Denis Copy Share Image
In a nation based on the 'consent of the governed,' judges are supposed to apply the laws the people have assented to. — Wendy Long Copy Share Image
I am with the South in life or death, in victory or defeat. I believe the North is about to wage a… — Patrick Cleburne Copy Share Image
Once one accepts the premise of the Declaration of Independence - that governments derive "their just powers from the consent of the… — Thomas I. Emerson Copy Share Image
