Quotes about Consent
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
- Abraham Lincoln
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
- Abraham Lincoln
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 fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. The streams of national power ought to flow from that pure, original fountain of all legitimate authority.
- Alexander Hamilton
Unfortunately, as hate speech has proliferated, no one in Poland has been held responsible. The police take people's statements and dismiss them. This tacit consent has demoralized weakened minds.
- Olga Tokarczuk
As for antichrist occupying the papal chair, it is evident that a pope living contrary to Christ, like any other perverted person, is called, by common consent, antichrist.
- Jan Hus
Mr. Vey, you cannot be stuffed into a locker without your consent." Dallstrom said, which may be the dumbest thing ever said in a school. "You should have resisted. That's like blaming someone who was struck by lightning for getting in the way.
- Richard Paul Evans
The reason why I lost my lamp was that the thief was superior to me in vigilance. He paid however this price for the lamp, that in exchange for it he consented to become a thief: in exchange for it, to become faithless.
- Epictetus
Belief, like love, must be voluntary.
- John Updike
Oppressors themselves acknowledge that even the weakest of their subjects must agree to be oppressed.
- James Carse
Young men need to show women the respect they deserve and recognize sexual assault and to do their part to stop it.
- Barack Obama
Can I hit it in the morning with out giving you have of my dough?
- Jay-Z