Consent Quotes

364 quotes by 279 authors

Woman, I hold, is the personification of self-sacrifice, but unfortunately today she does not realize what a tremendous advantage she has over man. As Tolstoy… — Mahatma Gandhi
The consent of the governed" is more than a safeguard against ignorant tyrants: it is an insurance against benevolent despots as well. — Walter Lippmann
There are things I have wanted so long that I would only consent to have them if I could keep wanting them. — Robert Breault
When all run by common consent into vice, none appear to do so. — Charles Caleb Colton
To exist is equivalent to an act of faith, a protest against the truth, an interminable prayer. As soon as they consent to live, the… — Emile M. Cioran
Human excellence means nothing Unless it works with the consent of God. — Euripides
I should consent to breed under pressure, if I were convinced in any way of the reasonableness of reproducing the species. But my nerves and… — Ezra Pound
Those who consent to the act and those who do it shall be equally punished. — Edward Coke
Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet noble, idea that government derives its validity… — Paul Tsongas
So the system we have in radio and television today is the direct result of government policies that have been made in our name, in… — Robert Waterman McChesney
And it is undeniably true that the greatest and most important right of a British subject is that he shall be governed by no laws… — Joseph Warren
Libertarians typically argue that particular obligations, at least under normal circumstances, must be created by consent; they cannot be unilaterally imposed by others. — Tom G. Palmer
Young men do not want to have to take a consent form and a lawyer on a date, just as young women have every right… — John Redwood
The best an American can look forward to is the lonely pleasure of one who stands at long last on a chilly and inhospitable mountaintop… — George F. Kennan
By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled. — Tacitus
The whole argument with the anti-suffragists, or even the critical suffragist man, is this: that you can govern human beings without their consent. — Emmeline Pankhurst
Tis hard to comprehend how one man can come to be master of many, equal to himself in right, unless it be by consent or… — Algernon Sidney
President Obama's decision to bypass the constitutional advice and consent of the Senate is not an isolated incident. — Chuck Grassley
It is, by common consent, a good thing for people to get back to nature. — Aldo Leopold
An elected government making huge changes with the consent of its people, is being undermined by concentrated powers in unregulated markets-powers which go beyond those… — George Papandreou

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