What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind.

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.

The question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immediately and intensely practical question connected with the future fortunes of nations and of mankind.

A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.

Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent

Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.