In a government bottomed on the will of all, the... liberty of every individual citizen becomes interesting to all. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Governments derive their just power from the consent of the governed” — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
The mass of the citizens is the safest depositary of their own rights. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“It is a truth widely recognized that tyranny stems from the consent of the governed as much as democracy does.” — Eric Robert Morse Copy Share Image
Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed. — DeForest Soaries Copy Share Image
“Fortunately, there was government by consent of the governed in America—but just as unfortunately, such governments dearly hate to admit a mistake.” — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
In a nation based on the 'consent of the governed,' judges are supposed to apply the laws the people have assented to. — Wendy Long 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
Governments rest on the consent of the governed, and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish them… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
We are a nation that has a government-not the other way around. And that makes us special among the nations of the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We set up government by consent of the governed, and the Bill of Rights denies those in power any legal opportunity to… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
The public needs to know the kinds of things a government does in its name, or the 'consent of the governed' is… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
"All men are created equal." "Government by consent of the governed." "Give me liberty or give me death." And those are not… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Our situation illustrates the American idea that governments rest on the consent of the governed, and that it is the right of… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
We are a nation that has a government - not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations… — Ronald Reagan 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
“governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes… — Declaration of Independence Copy Share Image
“What Lippmann took from the war—as he explained in his 1922 classic Public Opinion—was the gap between the true complexity of the… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
“Public access to government information is a fundamental prerequisite to a functioning democracy. A democratic system is based on the notion that… — John Podesta Copy Share Image
Even government by the consent of the governed, as in our own Constitution, must be limited in its power to act against… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
I am with the South in life or death, in victory or defeat. I believe the North is about to wage a… — Patrick Cleburne Copy Share Image
The War between the States... produced the foundation for the kind of government we have today: consolidated and absolute, based on the… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
“My country again! Mr. Wilson, you have a country; but what country have I, or any one like me, born of slave… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
Let the Democrates go on making its case for more government control over every aspect of our lives. More taxes to pay.… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people, whose just… — William Tyler Copy Share Image
“John Locke, called the Father of Liberalism, made the argument that the individual instead of the community was the foundation of society.… — Lierre Keith Copy Share Image
“The business of America is business," said Calvin Coolidge. Now the business of America is regulation. It is necessary for once free… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
“The words consent of the governed have become an empty phrase. Our textbooks on political science and economics are obsolete. Our nation… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
“Struggles to coerce uniformity of sentiment in support of some end thought essential to their time and country have been waged by… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet noble, idea that government… — Paul Tsongas Copy Share Image
Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle… — Leland Stanford Copy Share Image
Man is not made for the State but the State for man and it derives its just powers only from the consent… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We were given a system of government that places the people at the center of all decision-making and relies on the consent… — Cathy McMorris Rodgers Copy Share Image
What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
