Consent Quotes - Page 17

• It requires but a very small glance of thought to perceive, that although laws made in one generation often continue in force through succeeding generations, yet that they continue to derive their force from the consent of the living. A law not repealed continues in force, not because it cannot be repealed, but because it is not repealed; and the non repealing passes for consent.

  Thomas Paine

  Law, Generations, Succeed

  Thomas Paine (1856). “Common Sense: Addressed to the Inhabitants of America”

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• Every dictator is a mystic, and every mystic is a potential dictator. A mystic craves obedience from men, not their agreement. He wants them to surrender their consciousness to his assertions, his edicts, his wishes, his whims - as his consciousness is surrendered to theirs. He wants to deal with men by means of faith and force - he finds no satisfaction in their consent if he must earn it by means of facts and reason.

  Ayn Rand

  Mean, Men, Wish

  Ayn Rand (2005). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.986, Penguin

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• 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.

  R. C. Sproul

  Doe, Reign, Vote

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• Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.

  Eric Thomas

  Confidence, Thinking, Nutrition And Exercise

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• Friendship is the perfection of love, and superior to love; it is love purified, exalted, proved by experience and a consent of minds. Love, Madam, may, and love does, often stop short of friendship.

  Samuel Richardson

  Mind Love, Perfection, And Love

  Samuel Richardson, Anna Laetitia Barbauld (2011). “The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson: Author of Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison”, p.188, Cambridge University Press

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• We shall have world government whether you like it or not, by conquest or consent.

  James Warburg

  World Government, You Like It, Conquest

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• It is the will of God that we live not only as rational beings, but as "new men" regenerated by the Holy Spirit in Christ. It is His will that we reach out for our inheritance, that we answer His call to be His sons. We are born men without our consent, but the consent to be sons of God has to be elicited by our own free will.

  Thomas Merton

  Wisdom, Son, Men

  Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.60, Shambhala Publications

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• The Stamp Act imposed on the colonies by the Parliament of Great Britain is an ill-judged measure. Parliament has no right to put its hands into our pockets without our consent.

  George Washington

  Hands, Pockets, Revolution

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• By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men, whether deserved or undeserved.

  Mark Twain

  Men, Age, World

  Mark Twain (2016). “What Is Man? And Other Essays”, p.135, Xist Publishing

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• We live in an age rather skeptical of truth, of its existence." There is a "tendency to believe that nothing is definitive, and think that the truth is given by consent or by what we want. The question arises: does "the" truth really exist? What is "the" truth? Can we know it? Can we find it?

  Pope Francis

  Truth, Believe, Thinking

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• The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation. As commander in chief, the president does have a duty to protect and defend the United States. In instances of self-defense, the president would be within his constitutional authority to act before advising Congress or seeking its consent.

  Barack Obama

  Military, Self, President

  Boston Globe, December 20, 2007.

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• It also makes me worry about photos of me that exist that I might not even know about. How do I appear in these unwitting photographs? Who is taking them, without my knowledge or consent, and from where?

  Keith Murray

  Photo Of Me, Worry, Might

  "Keith Murray of We Are Scientists: Examining Life with Humor". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I would never consent to a lame publicity stunt at a time when I already want to hide.

  Diablo Cody

  Lame, Want, Publicity

  "'Juno' Writer Diablo Cody Rejects $1M Diamond-Encrusted Stuart Weitzman Shoes". www.foxnews.com. February 25, 2008.

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• One way I differ from my character, Coach Taylor, is that I never would have taken this faraway job without my wife's consent.

  Kyle Chandler

  Jobs, Taken, Character

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• While the president is to nominate that individual [to Supreme Court], we in the Senate must provide our advice and consent. This function is not well-defined. The Constitution does not set down a road map. It does not require hearings. In fact, it does not even require questioning on your understanding of the Constitution nor the role of the Supreme Court.

  Mike DeWine

  Advice, Understanding, President

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I really don't think I could consent to go to Heaven if I thought there were no animals there.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Animal, Thinking, Heaven

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.3261, e-artnow

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• Presidents have the right to nominate their own cabinet secretaries. But their nominees don't have a right to confirmation. Senators have a constitutional duty to advise and consent to the appointment of all Cabinet officials. They should take that duty seriously.

  Gary Bauer

  President, Cabinets, Confirmation

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• Your success and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them. But to be happy it is essential not to be too concerned with others. Consequently, there is no escape. Happy and judged, or absolved and wretched.

  Albert Camus

  Judgement, Essentials, Share

  Albert Camus (1960). “Collected fiction”

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• is a process of inner transformation, a conversation initiated by God and leading, if we consent, to divine union. One's way of seeing reality changes in the process. A restructuring of consciousness takes place which empowers one to perceive, relate and respond with increasing sensitivity to the divine presence in, through, and beyond everything that exists.

  Thomas Keating

  Reality, Empowering, Unions

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• You know the drill. 18 is legal. 17 with consent. 16 with a note. 15 if her dad's in the room. Low five!

  David Spade

  Dad, Rooms, Notes

  "David Spade: Take the Hit". Documentary, Comedy, www.imdb.com. 1998.

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• In the biotech revolution, it is the human body, not iron or steel or plastic, that's at the source. Are the biocapitalists going to be allowed to dig without consent into our genetic codes, then market them?

  Ellen Goodman

  Iron, Revolution, Steel

  Ellen Goodman (1990). “Making Sense”, Penguin Group USA

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• The story we hear over and over again is: Boy in science class, very nice to the girl, says, "Please come to our party on Saturday night." She, of course, shows up. He hands her two, three, four, five drinks. She becomes so inebriated he says, "You can sleep it off in my room. It'll be safe." Or, "I'll walk you home." It's all premeditated with the intention of having sex with that woman without her consent when she's passed out. It's a huge issue.

  Kirsten Gillibrand

  Girl, Sex, Nice

  Source: www.elle.com

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• It's not the physical location of birth that defines citizenship, but whether your parents are citizens, and the express or implied consent to jurisdiction of the sovereign.

  Phyllis Schlafly

  Parent, Sovereign, Citizens

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• A merging of two people is an impossibility, and where it seems to exist, it is a hemming-in, a mutual consent that robs one party or both parties of their fullest freedom and development.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Party, Two, People

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• The bible says no man can take your joy. That means no person can make you live with a negative attitude. No circumstance, no adversity can force you to live in despair. As Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of wheelchair-bound President Franklin D. Roosevelt, often said, ‘No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

  Joel Osteen

  Attitude, Mean, Adversity

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