Consent Quote by John Bright
“The Government and the Parliament, even the House of Lords, will consent to a large increase of electors; and men who have not considered the subject fully will imagine they have gained much by the concession.”
![“The result of cutting [political power] up into little bits is simply that the man who can sweep the greatest number into one heap will govern the rest... In a pure democracy the ruling men will be the wirepullers and their friends; but they will no more be on an equality with the voters than…” quote by James Fitzjames Stephen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/798/james-fitzjames-stephen-29299_bits_the-result-of-cutting-political-power-up_2424141.jpg)
![“What Congress and the popular sentiment approve is rarely defeated by reason of constitutional objections. I trust the measure will turn out well. It is a great relief to me. Defeat in this way, after a full and public hearing before this [Electoral] Commission, is not mortifying in any degree…” quote by Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cb8/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_congress_what-congress-and-the-popular-sentiment_1691518.jpg)
![“The Aristocratic Institutions of England [had] acted much like the Slavery Institutions of America... [in] demoralis[ing] large classes outside their own special boundaries... [in producing] a long habit of submission... [and in] enfeebl[ing] by corrupting those who should assail them.” quote by John Bright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/496/john-bright-17156_america_the-aristocratic-institutions-of-england_603886.jpg)
![“This old aristocracy and Church-ridden, and tradition-ridden country will never grow wiser. Whilst we are fighting for supremacy in Europe, the [United] States are working, and not fighting for it, but winning it all over the world.” quote by John Bright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/877/john-bright-17156_aristocracy_this-old-aristocracy-and-church-ridden-a_1004091.jpg)
