Consent Quotes

364 quotes by 289 authors

The philosophy of praxis does not aim at the peaceful resolution of existing contradictions in history and society, but is the very theory of these… — Antonio Gramsci
What to think of other people? I ask myself this question each time I make a new acquaintance. So strange does it seem to me… — Emile M. Cioran
If slavery be a sin, it is not yours. It does not rest on your action for its origin, on your consent for its existence.… — Jefferson Davis
Governments rest on the consent of the governed, and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish them at will whenever… — Jefferson Davis
We who have been born and nurtured on this soil, we, whose habits, manners, and customs are the same in common with other Americans, can… — Richard V. Allen
I shall assume that your silence gives consent. — Plato
A product of your life and liberty is your property. Property is the fruit of your labor, the product of your time, energy, and talents.… — Ken Schoolland
Since you own your life, you are responsible for your life. You do not rent your life from others who demand your obedience. Nor are… — Ken Schoolland
To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing. — Herodotus
How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality. — Norman Douglas
"All men are created equal." "Government by consent of the governed." "Give me liberty or give me death." And those are not just clever words,… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Science is all those things which are confirmed to such a degree that it would be unreasonable to withhold one's provisional consent. — Stephen Jay Gould
The greatest contributor to the feeling of tension and fear of war arose from the power of the bombing aeroplane. If all nations would consent… — Ernest Rutherford
Except perhaps to our God, we all have a facade, even to our closest friends; some of us even to ourselves. . . . .… — Melvin Belli
The engineering of consent is the very essence of the democratic process, the freedom to persuade and suggest. — Edward Bernays
It is certain that the most natural and human government is that of consent, for that binds freely, ... when men hold their liberty by… — William Penn
Men being born with a title to perfect freedom and uncontrolled enjoyment of all the rights and privileges of the law of nature... no one… — William Penn
Much of the modern resistance to chastity comes from men's belief that they 'own' their bodiesâ€”those vast and perilous estates, pulsating with the energy that… — C.S. Lewis
No foreign policy can be sustained in the United States of America without the informed consent of the American people. And informed means just that,… — Joe Biden
Well I think that what we're seeing now is that the people feel like they, the people in Congress don't have their consent to govern… — Laura Ingraham

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