Consent Quotes

364 quotes by 289 authors

The value of money has been settled by general consent to express our wants and our property, as letters were invented to express our ideas;… — Edward Gibbon
Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. — Adrian Cronauer
But a most pernicious error widely prevails that Scripture has only so much weight as is conceded to it by the consent of the church.… — John Calvin
Donâ€™t consent to be hurt and you wonâ€™t be hurt â€“ this is a choice over which you have control — Epictetus
A government is a compulsory territorial monopolist of ultimate decision-making (jurisdiction) and, implied in this, a compulsory territorial monopolist of taxation. That is, a government… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe
It is plain that, when it comes to inferior officers, Congress itself can pass a law sending these nominees to the President with him having… — John Jay Hooker
The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint, upon the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate, and it plainly does not… — John Jay Hooker
The courts are run on COMMERCIAL CONTRACT LAW and that is has NOTHING to do with any IN-LAW procedures whatsoever. So the nature of the… — Jack Smith
If a slave is unwilling to go with his new master, he is whipped, or locked up in jail, until he consents to go, and… — Harriet Ann Jacobs
By common consent of the nations, gold and silver are the only true measure of value. They are the necessary regulators of trade. I have… — Hugh McCulloch
We live in a world shaped by the ambiguous legacy of the Enlightenment...[it] enlarged the scope of human freedom, prepared our minds for the scientific… — James Q. Wilson
All the great establishments, of every kind, now in the hands of a few proprietors, but employing a great number of wage laborers, would be… — Lysander Spooner
Our constitutions purport to be established by 'the people,' and, in theory, 'all the people' consent to such government as the constitutions authorize. But this… — Lysander Spooner
There can be no such things as an Irish nationalist accepting the loyalist veto and partition. You cannot claim to be an Irish nationalist if… — Gerry Adams
Purity of soul cannot be lost without consent. — Saint Augustine
I mean, Eighteen years old is the age of consent in Europe and you can go anywhere and do anything you like. In America, it… — John Entwistle
There are those fortunate hours when the world consents to be made into a poem. — Mark Doty
The War between the States... produced the foundation for the kind of government we have today: consolidated and absolute, based on the unrestrained will of… — Walter E. Williams
Consent of the Networked will become the seminal book firmly establishing the responsibility of those who control the architecture and the politics of the network… — Joichi Ito
What you consent to can only be discovered by an uncritical observation of your reactions to life. Your reactions reveal where you live psychologically; and… — Neville Goddard

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