Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER: | 763 |
AUTHOR: | William Henry Harrison (17731841) |
QUOTATION: | The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed. |
ATTRIBUTION: | President This sentence is one of many quotations inscribed on Cox Corridor II, a first floor House corridor, U.S. Capitol. |
SUBJECTS: | Governmentby the people |