We are on a perilous margin when we begin to look passively at our future selves, and see our own figures led… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
The ego will endure the worst agonies of neurotic misery rather than consent to one minute of diminishment of its sense of… — Helen M. Luke Copy Share Image
“But the moment of his consent almost escaped his notice; certainly, there was no struggle, no sense of turning a corner.” — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
We're looking forward to getting our monitor appointed and we're looking forward to all of the reforms that will take place under… — Catherine E. Pugh Copy Share Image
As soon as you willfully allow a dialogue with temptation to begin, the soul is robbed of peace, just as consent to… — Josemaria Escriva Copy Share Image
I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that no meant… — Nate Parker Copy Share Image
The Assad regime has lost the consent of the governed, and it is difficult to see how a replacement Alawite regime would… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
The greatest security we can have in this world that we are in the grace of God, does not consist in the… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
Stop entertaining those vain fears. Remember it is not feeling which constitutes guilt but the consent to such feelings. Only the free… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
Some make man God's co-worker, to ratify election by His consent. Thus, according to them [Arminians], man's will is superior to God's… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
If any one shall claim a power to lay and levy taxes on the people by his own authority and without such… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Once one accepts the premise of the Declaration of Independence - that governments derive "their just powers from the consent of the… — Thomas I. Emerson Copy Share Image
After studying dozens of sexual assault cases, it is clear to me that the "he said/she said" aspect is a big part… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Copy Share Image
I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
“It was necessary that millions of men in whose hands lay the real power—the soldiers who fired, or transported provisions and guns—should… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Every man, in proportion to his virtue, considers himself, with respect to the great community of mankind, as the steward and guardian… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
I never did, nor do I believe I ever shall, give advice to a woman who is setting out on a matrimonial… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes… — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
As a slave one cannot undertake obligations without the consent of one's master. As a citizen one cannot undertake obligations unless the… — Frank Van Dun Copy Share Image
It is interesting to observe with what singular unanimity the farthest sundered nations and generations consent to give completeness and roundness to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“I dare not say what that fate would be,” interrupted the father, “or what my own, should I consent to assist you;… — Ann Radcliffe Copy Share Image
Barring love and war, few enterprises are undertaken with such abandon, or by such diverse individuals, or with so paradoxical a mixture… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
In all proper relationships there is no sacrifice of anyone to anyone. An architect needs clients, but he does not subordinate his… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
A moral principle in genetic testing is that it should always be done with the consent of the individual. No one wants… — Arthur Caplan Copy Share Image
Nobody can compel you to settle for a lousy future without your consent. If you do not try, you will never find… — Lena Copy Share Image
I think this sets a very bad precedent, the president unilaterally on his own starting war without any consent from Congress. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
“No future triumph or metamorphosis can justify the pitiful blighting of a human being against his will.” — Peter Wessel Zapffe Copy Share Image
Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
When all moves equally (says Pascal), nothing seems to move as in a vessel under sail; and when all run by common… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
When a government requires a man to support a child he was tricked into creating, that government subsidizes fraud. No. It is… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
I cannot consent to take the position that the door of hope - the door of opportunity - is to be shut… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Faith affects the whole of man's nature. It commences with the conviction of the mind based on adequate evidence; it continues in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I have been the meaning of rape I have been the problem everyone seeks to eliminate by forced penetration with or without… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
The decision to join or not join a service union, political party or other organization should be left up to the individual.… — Matt Blunt Copy Share Image
April frowned, irritation evident. “I did not consent to your presence,” she said peevishly. “Please depart, and attempt your political assassination on… — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
An elected government making huge changes with the consent of its people, is being undermined by concentrated powers in unregulated markets-powers which… — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... You can… — Andreas Capellanus Copy Share Image
With every decision that anyone makes, the world changes. The decision that we give our consent to is the one that remains… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
Health, wealth, beauty, and genius are not created; they are only manifested by the arrangement of your mind-that is, by your concept… — Anonymous Copy Share Image