Assuming Quote by 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…

— 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

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

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

The public needs to know the kinds of things a government does in its name, or the 'consent of the governed' is meaningless... The…

— Edward Snowden

Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

— Anonymous

Civil government being the sole object of forming societies, its administration must be conducted by common consent.

— Thomas Jefferson

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

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

We were given a system of government that places the people at the center of all decision-making and relies on the consent of the…

— Cathy McMorris Rodgers

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

Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men…

— Leland Stanford