Consent Of The Governed Quotes
17 Consent Of The Governed quotes by 17 unique authors
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Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.
— DeForest Soaries
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.
— Adrian Cronauer
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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
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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
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The consent of the governed is not consent if it is not informed
— Edward Snowden
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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
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The consent of the governed" is more than a safeguard against ignorant tyrants: it is an insurance against benevolent despots as well.
— Walter Lippmann
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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
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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
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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
— Jonathan Swift
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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
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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
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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
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