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• I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people, whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect Union, one and inseparable, established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies.

  William Tyler

  Country, Believe, America

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• Great point made in son's college orientation re sex/safety/respect/etc: 'Consent is really too low a bar. Hold out for enthusiasm.'

  Rachel Vail

  Bars, Enthusiasm, Lows

  Rachel Vail @rachelvailbooks, twitter.com. September 18, 2013.

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• It's remarkably easy to dig up enormous amounts of information about individuals, without their consent.

  Jamais Cascio

  Information, Easy, Individual

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• Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication.

  Simone Weil

  Love Is, Abdication, Command

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

  Edward Snowden

  Consent Of The Governed, Ifs

  "Edward Snowden: NSA whistleblower answers reader questions". Live chat, www.theguardian.com. June 17, 2013.

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• Government is in reality established by the few; and these few assume the consent of all the rest, without any such consent being actually given.

  Lysander Spooner

  Reality, Government, Assuming

  Lysander Spooner (1847). “The unconstitutionality of slavery: including parts first and second”, p.153

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• We know that silence equals consent when atrocities are committed against innocent men, women and children. We know that indifference equals complicity when bigotry, hatred and intolerance are allowed to take root. And we know that education and hope are the most effective ways to combat ignorance and despair.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Children, Ignorance, Men

  "Giffords Tragedy: What’s the Message to Young Women Considering Public Service?" by Gloria Feldt, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 11, 2011.

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• History is that which is agreed upon by mutual consent.

  M. L. Stedman

  Mutual

  M.L. Stedman (2012). “The Light Between Oceans: A Novel”, p.184, Simon and Schuster

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• Nuclear weapons production and testing has involved extensive health and environmental damage .... One of the most remarkable features of this damage has been the readiness of governments to harm the very people that they claimed they were protecting by building these weapons for national security reasons. In general, this harm was inflicted on people in disregard of democratic norms. Secrecy, fabrication of data, cover-ups in the face of attempted public inquiry, and even human experiments without informed consent have all occurred in nuclear weapons production and testing programs.

  Arjun Makhijani

  Government, Data, People

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• The deceit, the lie of the devil consists of this, that he wishes to make man believe that he can live without God's Word. Thus he dangles before man's fantasy a kingdom of faith, of power, and of peace, into which only he can enter who consents to the temptations; and conceals from men that he, as the devil, is the most unfortunate and unhappy of beings, since he is finally and eternally rejected by God.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Bible, Christian, Lying

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• Architects and engineers are among the most fortunate of men since they build their own monuments with public consent, public approval and often public money.

  John Prebble

  Men, Engineering, Approval

  John Prebble (1956). “Disaster at Dundee”

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• The sanction of force stands behind the medley of personal orders and regulations of Martial Law. The sanction of the people's consent stands behind the hierarchy of laws. In one situation, the population is regimented into acquiescence. In the other, the population voluntarily establishes a contract with Parliament.

  Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

  Government, Order, Law

  "If I am assassinated".

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• In making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather than by coercion, it is not sufficient that the party in power should have a majority. It is just as necessary that the party in power should never outrage the minority.

  Walter Lippmann

  Party, Power, Should Have

  Walter Lippmann, Clinton Rossiter, James Lare (1982). “The Essential Lippmann: A Political Philosophy for Liberal Democracy”, p.233, Harvard University Press

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• We should have a glorious conflagration, if all who cannot put fire into their works would only consent to put their works into the fire.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Writing, Fire, Should Have

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.9

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• She expected the pain, when it came. But she gasped at its sharpness; it was not like any pain she had felt before. He kissed her and slowed and would have stopped. But she laughed, and said that this one time she would consent to hurt, and bleed, at his touch. He smiled into her neck and kissed her again and she moved with him through the pain. The pain became a warmth that grew. Grew, and stopped her breath. And took her breath and her pain and her mind away from her body, so that there was nothing but her body and his body and the light and fire they made together.

  Kristin Cashore

  Hurt, Pain, Fire

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Graceling”, p.242, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.

  Cory Doctorow

  Happiness, Men, Power

  Cory Doctorow (2010). “Little Brother”, p.235, Tor Teen

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• April frowned, irritation evident. “I did not consent to your presence,” she said peevishly. “Please depart, and attempt your political assassination on someone else’s property.

  Mira Grant

  Irritation, Political, April

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• I found him in a Dumpster one day when he was a kitten and he promptly adopted me. Despite my struggles, Mister had been an understanding soul, and I eventually came to realize that I was a part of his little family, and by his gracious consent was allowed to remain in his apartment. Cats. Go figure.

  Jim Butcher

  Struggle, Cat, Understanding

  Jim Butcher (2001). “Fool Moon: Book two of The Dresden Files”, p.61, Penguin

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• Silence isn't golden and it surely doesn't mean consent, so start practicing the art of communication.

  T. D. Jakes

  Art, Communication, Mean

  T.D. Jakes (2013). “Let It Go: Forgive So You Can Be Forgiven”, p.89, Simon and Schuster

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• In the most basic terms it was about how when we experience art without critical awareness we consent to the ideas being promoted, either intentionally or unintentionally, by the filmmaker. For instance, if you watch a racist comedian and laugh at his jokes, you are consenting to the prejudices inherent within them. Similarly, if you watch a movie which perpetuates conventional ideas about race, gender, etc., you are consenting to them and not affecting change in any way.

  Simon Pegg

  Art, Race, Ideas

  Simon Pegg (2010). “Nerd Do Well”, p.126, Random House

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• The greatest temptations are not those that solicit our consent to obvious sin, but those that offer us great evils masking as the greatest goods.

  Thomas Merton

  Wisdom, Evil, Temptation

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• We cannot consent to be judged by someone who has suffered less than ourselves. And since each of us regards himself as an unrecognized Job.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Jobs, Regard, Judged

  Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books

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• If I could wish the Kingslayer back in chains I would. You freed him without my knowledge or consent... but what you did, I know you did for love. For Arya and Sansa, and out of grief for Bran and Rickon. Love’s not always wise, I’ve learned. It can lead us to great folly, but we follow our hearts... wherever they take us. Don’t we, Mother?

  George R. R. Martin

  Wise, Mother, Grief

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.1621, Bantam

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• Any man with money to make the purchase may become a dog's owner. But no man --spend he ever so much coin and food and tact in the effort-- may become a dog's Master without consent of the dog. Do you get the difference? And he whom a dog once unreservedly accepts as Master is forever that dog's God.

  Albert Payson Terhune

  Dog, Men, Differences

  Albert Payson Terhune (1993). “Lad: A Dog”, p.10, Penguin

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• He (Jesus) will reign over you, either by your consent, or without it.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Jesus, Over You, Reign

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