Consent Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Our government does not exist to decide the rights, nor to grant them. Our government exists to protect them. And that is why we…

— Marco Rubio

Our rights are not granted by governments. They are inherent to our nature. But it's entirely the opposite for governments: their privileges are precisely…

— Edward Snowden

Government is not a trade which any man or body of men has a right to set up and exercise for his own emolument,…

— Thomas Paine

People need to be able to read what their rights are, to be able to participate and hold their governments to account.

— Sadiq Khan

Nothing in our Constitution suggests that government is a grantor of rights. Instead, government is a protector of rights.

— Walter E. Williams

Government is necessary, but the only rights we can delegate to government are the ones we possess. For example, we all have a natural…

— Walter E. Williams

Government has no right to control individual liberty beyond what is necessary to the safety and well-being of society. Such is the boundary which…

— John C. Calhoun

Rights are in the power of the people.

— Ken Starr

The only proper, moral purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence - to protect…

— Ayn Rand

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

Government of limited power need not be anemic government. Assurance that rights are secure tends to diminish fear and jealousy of strong government, and…

— Robert H. Jackson

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