All that we have to inquire is, What means had they for expressing their will?
Woodrow Wilson
The Public Record
Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Virginia and raised in Georgia before moving to New Jersey, where he became a prominent political figure. Wilson was a key leader of the Progressive Movement, advocating for reforms such as antitrust legislation and the establishment of the Federal Reserve System. His presidency is also noted for significant events such as the United States' involvement in World War I and his efforts to promote the League of Nations, an international organization aimed at preventing future conflicts.
How were their dispositions and judgments made to tell upon the consciousness of those who framed the laws?
Perhaps the People is talking, or is pursuing, or is in a journey, or peradventure it sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Surely this is a singular undertaking, this mad pursuit of a sovereign amidst the obvious phenomena of politics!
If laws be indeed commands, the commands of a determinate person or body of persons, it ought to be possible to discover this determinate source of authority without much curious research.





