"What we seek is the reign of..." - Quote by Woodrow Wilson
What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind.
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“It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilizationitself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always carried closest to our hearts.”
“The presidential office is not a rosewater affair. This is an office in which a man must put on his war paint.”
“Music says nothing to the reason: it is a kind of closely structured nonsense.”
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“I've always found relationships, men and women, the fact that they are so radically different, and it manifests itself in so many different ways, and yet somehow we still try to live together and be friends. I find that endlessly valuable as a source of material for humor. Generally dogs are always funny in my opinion. And the federal government - just a relentlessly productive source of humor.”
“A multitude of laws in a country is like a great number of physicians, a sign of weakness and malady.”
“From the nature of things, every society must at all times possess within itself the sovereign powers of legislation.”