Consent Quote by Edward Snowden

The consent of the governed is not consent if it is not informed

— Edward Snowden

Democratic government requires the consent of the governed.

— John McDonnell

“Public access to government information is a fundamental prerequisite to a functioning democracy. A democratic system is based on the notion that government legitimacy…

— John Podesta

“Governments derive their just power from the consent of the governed”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

In a democracy, the public has a right to know not only what the government decides, but why and by what process.

— Gerald R. Ford

We set up government by consent of the governed, and the Bill of Rights denies those in power any legal opportunity to coerce that…

— Robert H. Jackson

Government is in reality established by the few; and these few assume the consent of all the rest, without any such consent being actually…

— Lysander Spooner

“Democracy requires accountability and consent of the governed, which is only possible if citizens know what is being done in their name.”

— Glenn Greenwald

Our constitutions purport to be established by 'the people,' and, in theory, 'all the people' consent to such government as the constitutions authorize. But…

— Lysander Spooner

The only idea they have ever manifested as to what is a government of consent, is this - that it is one to which…

— Lysander Spooner

The source of the government's authority is “the consent of the governed.” This means that the government is not the ruler, but the servant…

— Ayn Rand

As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent of the people is the only foundation of it.

— John Adams