Consent Quote by Lysander Spooner

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

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

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

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

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 more than a safeguard against ignorant tyrants: it is an insurance against benevolent despots as well.

— Walter Lippmann

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 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

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

— Edward Snowden

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

The engineering of consent is the very essence of the democratic process, the freedom to persuade and suggest.

— Edward Bernays

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