A man may lose the good things of this life against his will; but if he loses the eternal blessings, he does… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“Pretend to give consent to the advice of others, but if you find it suitable,take it. But if out of the right… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I really don't think I could consent to go to Heaven if I thought there were no animals there. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
God does not rule by the consent of His subjects but by His sovereign authority. His reign extends over me whether I… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
Unless we consent to lack the common things which men call success, we shall hardly become heroes or saints, philosophers or poets. — John Lancaster Spalding Copy Share Image
Great point made in son's college orientation re sex/safety/respect/etc: 'Consent is really too low a bar. Hold out for enthusiasm.' — Rachel Vail Copy Share Image
The beauty of the world consists wholly of sweet mutual consents, either within itself or with the supreme being. — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
“They'll say you are bad or perhaps you are mad or at least you should stay undercover. Your mind must be bare… — David Rovics Copy Share Image
“Creating consent (hegemony) is never a simple act. It is rather the result of the social structures and the cultural patterns that… — Amine Zidouh Copy Share Image
There are now that 20 consent decrees in place like the one in Baltimore that are helping put broken police departments on… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
By common consent of the nations, gold and silver are the only true measure of value. They are the necessary regulators of… — Hugh McCulloch Copy Share Image
Government should allow persons to engage in whatever conduct they want to, no matter how deviant or abnormal it may be, so… — Hugo Adam Bedau Copy Share Image
A merging of two people is an impossibility, and where it seems to exist, it is a hemming-in, a mutual consent that… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Except perhaps to our God, we all have a facade, even to our closest friends; some of us even to ourselves. .… — Melvin Belli Copy Share Image
The source of the government's authority is “the consent of the governed.” This means that the government is not the ruler, but… — Ayn Rand 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
At times some people use force or fraud to take from others without willful, voluntary consent. Normally, the initiation of force to… — Ken Schoolland Copy Share Image
“Earlier in this book I noted that one of my favorite sayings is “You get what you tolerate.” This applies in spades… — Margie Warrell Copy Share Image
If you cannot be great, be willing to serve God in that which is small. If you cannot do great things for… — Samuel Francis Smith Copy Share Image
I sometimes subscribe to the belief that all historical events occur simultaneously, like a dream in the mind of God. Perhaps it… — James Lee Burke 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
“Silence does not always imply consent. Sometimes it simply means that the silent one has opted out of a discussion with idiots.” — Lex Allen Copy Share Image
It may be regarded as certain that not a foot of land will ever be taken from the Indians without their own… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I can be all pissed off at the oppression of the state, but what does that really mean? Well, it's the tacit… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
The British troops are not an occupation force. They are here with the consent of the people. — Said Musa Copy Share Image
Tis hard to comprehend how one man can come to be master of many, equal to himself in right, unless it be… — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
The only consent hinge in life is that everyhin is changing. And that's a little scary, but it means that hints can't… — Amanda Hocking Copy Share Image
A major of colored troops is here with his party capturing negroes, with or without their consent…They are being conscripted. — John A. Logan Copy Share Image
There are things I have wanted so long that I would only consent to have them if I could keep wanting them. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
Architects and engineers are among the most fortunate of men since they build their own monuments with public consent, public approval and… — John Prebble Copy Share Image
Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“I could get used to anything-that is, not really get used, but somehow voluntarily consent to endure it” — Fyodor Dostoevskyor Copy Share Image
No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Refuse to deny what you know but consent to how little that will always be, and, when the moment comes, the sky… — Jack Miles Copy Share Image
You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
Let the enemy rage at the gate; let him knock, pound, scream, howl; let him do his worst. We know for certain… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
I'm deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
