Consent Of The Governed Quotes

17 Consent Of The Governed quotes by 17 unique authors

• Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed. — DeForest Soaries
• We are a nation that has a government - not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations of the earth.… — Ronald Reagan
• I am with the South in life or death, in victory or defeat. I believe the North is about to wage a brutal and unholy… — Patrick Cleburne
• 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
• "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
• Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. — Adrian Cronauer
• 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
• I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people, whose just powers are derived… — William Tyler
• The consent of the governed is not consent if it is not informed — Edward Snowden
• If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers… — Calvin Coolidge
• The consent of the governed" is more than a safeguard against ignorant tyrants: it is an insurance against benevolent despots as well. — Walter Lippmann
• 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
• Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are… — Leland Stanford
• For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. — Jonathan Swift
• What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind. — Woodrow Wilson
• Even the most despotic government cannot stand except for the consent of the governed.... Immediately the subject ceases to fear the despotic force, his power… — Mahatma Gandhi
• Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these… — Cory Doctorow

Who Wrote These Consent Of The Governed Quotes

17 authors contributed a total of 17 Consent Of The Governed Quotes as follows:

• 1 Consent Of The Governed Quote by Woodrow Wilson
• 1 Consent Of The Governed Quote by William Tyler
• 1 Consent Of The Governed Quote by Walter Lippmann
• 1 Consent Of The Governed Quote by Walter E. Williams
• 1 Consent Of The Governed Quote by Ronald Reagan
• 1 Consent Of The Governed Quote by Paul Tsongas
• 1 Consent Of The Governed Quote by Patrick Cleburne
• 1 Consent Of The Governed Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
• 1 Consent Of The Governed Quote by Lyndon B. Johnson
• 1 Consent Of The Governed Quote by Leland Stanford
• 1 Consent Of The Governed Quote by Jonathan Swift
• 1 Consent Of The Governed Quote by Jefferson Davis
• 1 Consent Of The Governed Quote by Edward Snowden
• 1 Consent Of The Governed Quote by DeForest Soaries
• 1 Consent Of The Governed Quote by Cory Doctorow
• 1 Consent Of The Governed Quote by Calvin Coolidge
• 1 Consent Of The Governed Quote by Adrian Cronauer