Should people be mere "interested spectators of action," not "participants," restricted to lending their weight periodically to one or another sector of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you are passed out drunk or if there is a gun to your head, it is the same crime. It is… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
Your success and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them. But to be happy it is essential… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
In the time of Jesus the mount of transfiguration was on the way to the cross. In our day the cross is… — Henry Clay Trumbull Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a natural death: nothing that happens to a man is ever natural, since his presence calls… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Tam Lin says rabbits give up when they're caught by coyotes [...]. He says they consent to die because their animals and… — Nancy Farmer Copy Share Image
Abstract art as it is conceived at present is a game bequeathed to painting and sculpture by art history. One who accepts… — Harold Rosenberg Copy Share Image
GOVERNMENT has no rights; it is a delegation from several individuals for the purpose of securing their own. It is therefore just,… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion - when you see that in order to produce,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm against suppression of pornography. If you suppress guns - yes; if you want to suppress poverty - yes. These are the… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
Of course, we [ with Edward Herman] have a purpose: namely, to encourage readers to undertake what might be called "a course… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I do hereby assert and declare that in four years from the date hereof, every sectarian and religious denomination in the United… — Martin Harris Copy Share Image
Roen snorted. "You two have the strangest relationship in the Dells." Archer smiled slightly. "She won't consent to make it a marriage."… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
Exegetical commentaries on the books of the Bible come in all shapes and sizes. Harold Hoehner's new volume on Ephesians has both… — Ralph P. Martin Copy Share Image
The ancients had little doubt about the true shape of the earth: "It's [the world's] shape has the rounded appearance of a… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
I told that girl, in the kindest, gentlest way, that I could not consent to deliver judgment upon any one's manuscript, because… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If the Holy Spirit can take over the subconscious with our consent and cooperation, then we have almighty Power working at the… — E. Stanley Jones Copy Share Image
The value of money has been settled by general consent to express our wants and our property, as letters were invented to… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I think lowering the age of consent to thirteen in New Jersey was a great idea. It might give boys a better… — Glenn O'Brien Copy Share Image
The Stamp Act imposed on the colonies by the Parliament of Great Britain is an ill-judged measure. Parliament has no right to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Mr. Vey, you cannot be stuffed into a locker without your consent." Dallstrom said, which may be the dumbest thing ever said… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
Whether each of the faithful has a particular angel assigned him for his defense, I cannot venture certainly to affirm; not one… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
This ship was a league from us, and some of the men would have taken her, and I would not consent to… — William Kidd Copy Share Image
Senate has to advise and consent. That doesn't mean you have to vote yes; you can vote no. It's not a rubber… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
Let these truths be indelibly impressed on our minds — that we cannot be happy, without being FREE — that we cannot… — John Dickinson Copy Share Image
Most open letters undoubtedly come from a good place, rising out of genuine outrage or concern or care. There is, admittedly, also… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
We will implement this consent decree because we know that it is in the best interests of our city that the police… — Catherine E. Pugh Copy Share Image
The internet has not granted us more control in relation to the record company because we're still bound by an agreement with… — Rivers Cuomo Copy Share Image
“A woman has the right to change her mind about having sex at any point of sexual contact. If her partner doesn’t… — S. A. David Copy Share Image
The demand of the loveless and the self-imprisoned that they should be allowed to blackmail the universe: that till they consent to… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Presidents have the right to nominate their own cabinet secretaries. But their nominees don't have a right to confirmation. Senators have a… — Gary Bauer 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
We know that silence equals consent when atrocities are committed against innocent men, women and children. We know that indifference equals complicity… — Gabrielle Giffords Copy Share Image
Once we allow ourselves to do evil so that some perceived good may follow, we allow ever greater evils for the sake… — Benjamin Wiker Copy Share Image
What I do say is, that no man is good enough to govern another man, without that other's consent. I say this… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A tree gives glory to God by being a tree. For in being what God means it to be it is obeying… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint, upon the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate, and it… — John Jay Hooker Copy Share Image
We cannot be happy without being free; we cannot be free without being secure in our property; we cannot be secure in… — John Dickinson Copy Share Image
The argument that women who become pregnant have in some sense consented to the pregnancy belies realityand others who are the inevitable… — Dawn Johnsen Copy Share Image
The origin of all civil government, justly established, must be a voluntary compact, between the rulers and the ruled; and must be… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
![“Tam Lin says rabbits give up when they're caught by coyotes [...]. He says they consent to die because their animals and can't understand hope. But humans are different. They fight against death no matter how bad things seem, and sometimes, even when everything's against them, they win.” quote by Nancy Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/nancy-farmer-12001_animal_tam-lin-says-rabbits-give-up-when-they-r_2320465.jpg)
![“Of course, we [ with Edward Herman] have a purpose: namely, to encourage readers to undertake what might be called "a course in intellectual self-defense," and to suggest ways to proceed; in other words, to help people undermine the dedicated efforts to "manufacture consent" and to turn them into…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb3/noam-chomsky-42_agents_of-course-we-with-edward-herman-have-a-p_2562158.jpg)
![“The ancients had little doubt about the true shape of the earth: "It's [the world's] shape has the rounded appearance of a perfect sphere. This is shown first of all by the name of 'orb' which is bestowed upon it by the general consent of mankind. ...Our eyesight also confirms this belief, because…” quote by Pliny the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fc/pliny-the-elder-2838_appearance_the-ancients-had-little-doubt-about-the_1189606.jpg)
![“A tree gives glory to God by being a tree. For in being what God means it to be it is obeying [God]. It “consents,” so to speak, to [God's] creative love. It is expressing an idea which is in God and which is not distinct from the essence of God, and therefore a tree imitates God by being a tree” quote by Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5f/thomas-merton-231_consent_a-tree-gives-glory-to-god-by-being-a-tre_2294763.jpg)
