Appropriation Quote by Peter Vallentyne

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

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

“It was necessary that millions of men in whose hands lay the real power -- the soldiers who fired, or transported provisions and guns…

— Leo Tolstoy

The consent of the governed" is more than a safeguard against ignorant tyrants: it is an insurance against benevolent despots as well.

— Walter Lippmann

“It was necessary that millions of men in whose hands lay the real power—the soldiers who fired, or transported provisions and guns—should consent to…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Denying people the right of return to their homeland, and at the same time offering this right to others who have no connection to…

— Ilan Pappé

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

“Those who speak of our rights as if they were privileges have as their objective the plunder of our property, and our eventual enslavement.”

— Joseph Befumo

“by any means without the prior written consent”

— Nancy Bush

“The Constitution says: "We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide…

— Lysander Spooner

“Because the common law was not simply the creature of political power-holders, it became another of the forces for separation of powers and of…

— Thomas Sowell

“Our natural rights come from an authority beyond the petty rule of man.”

— Bryant McGill

“It meant simply that the state could not, except in unusual circumstances, confiscate a citizen’s private property or tell him what to do with”

— Yuval Noah Harari