Quotes about Consent

'All men are created equal', 'government by consent of the governed', 'give me liberty or give me death'. Well, those are not just clever words, or those are not just empty theories.

The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.

The sovereign power of all civil authority is founded in the consent of the people.

God does not rule by the consent of His subjects but by His sovereign authority. His reign extends over me whether I vote for Him or not.

God doesn't need our consent in order to govern us; He made us.

Human excellence means nothing Unless it works with the consent of God.