Best 100 quotes in «consent quotes» category

Familiarity breeds consent.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

Fate does not seek our consent.

For years, broadcasters didn't get a nickel out of retransmission consent. But broadcast content is what the cable industry was selling to customers.

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

Heart is the only thing which cannot be stolen without consent.

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

I can never consent to being dictated to.

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

I hate to tell you how old I am, but I reached the age of consent 75,000 consents ago.

I would consent to have a limb amputated to recover my spirits

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.

I haven't heard Obama ask us for our consent when he's trying to ram Obamacare down our throats.

I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.

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

O, that our fathers would applause our loves, To seal our happiness with hteir consents!

Of all the forms of wisdom, hindsight is by general consent the least merciful, the most unforgiving.

People can only make you inferior with your consent.

Silence always gives consent.

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.

Silence gives consent. [Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]

The beauty of the world consists wholly of sweet mutual consents, either within itself or with the supreme being.

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

There are things I have wanted so long that I would only consent to have them if I could keep wanting them.

There can be no really pervasive system of oppression, such as that in the United States, without the consent of the oppressed

The status of 'native' is a nervous condition introduced and maintained by the settler among colonized people with their consent.

The supreme power cannot take from any man any part of his property, without his consent in person, or by representation.

There is no way to kill a man's righteousness but by his own consent.

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

The whole argument with the anti-suffragists, or even the critical suffragist man, is this: that you can govern human beings without their consent.

This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave.

We censure others but as they disagree from that humor which we fancy laudable in ourselves, and commend others but for that wherein they seem to quadrate and consent with us.

Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.

We`re looking forward to getting our monitor appointed and we`re looking forward to all of the reforms that will take place under this consent decree.

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

Whoever starts out toward the unknown must consent to venture alone.

What is government but theft by consent?

A "knowing" public is a consenting public. We know what is really going on. Time to do something about it.

And without my consent, with my defences in ruins, while my brain was sleeping, my stupid heart went and fell headfirst into love.

Arminius, appealing to Lactantius, held that: 'To recommend faith to others, we must make it the subject of persuasion, and not of compulsion'. He insisted that the true religion from Christ does not deteriorate into dissention. In the exercise of Christian liberty there will be sincere and honest differences. These differences cannot and should not be stamped out by means of coercion. In confronting the Scripture, Christians should be able to agree on what is necessary for salvation. But when mutual consent and agreement cannot be obtained on some articles, 'then the right hand of fellowship should be extended by both parties'. Each party should 'acknowledge the other for partakers of the same faith and fellow-heirs of the same salvation, although they may hold different sentiments concerning the nature of faith and the manner of salvation'.

As far as socialism, I used to think I was fundamentally opposed to it, but eventually came to realize that wasn't really true, and that what I actually oppose is aggression. Voluntary socialism can be a wonderful way of living for small groups, and most people practice some form of it in their families. Only when imposed on people by force does socialism become evil. One of the beautiful things about a libertarian society is that people could still create socialist communes and be left alone to redistribute resources within them to their hearts' content, so long as no one is forced to join or prevented from leaving. This stands in stark contrast to a state-socialist society, which cannot similarly tolerate peaceful acts of capitalism among consenting participants.

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.

Women are not altogether in the wrong when they refuse the rules of life prescribed to the World, for men only have established them and without their consent.

Consent can be sexy! Reframing a question as part of seduction/foreplay allows couples to be clear about what kind of sexual activity is allowed while keeping the mood alive. Saying, “I’m wondering what it would be like to kiss you” in a soft, seductive tone can feel easier (and hotter) in a steamy moment than, “Do you mind if I kiss you?

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.

I'm saying you should be careful. As careful as life and death, because that's what it is." She gives me a meaningful look. "And never trust the boy to bring the condom. A lady always brings her own." I cough. "Your body is yours to protect and enjoy." She raises both eyebrows at me meaningfully. "Whoever you should choose to partake in that enjoyment, that is your choice, and choose wisely. Every man that ever got to touch me was afforded an honor. A privilege." Stormy waves her hand over me. "All this? It's a privilege to worship at this temple, do you understand my meaning? Not just any young fool can approach the throne. Remember my words, Lara Jean. You decide who, how far, and how often, if ever.

I think I’m owed consideration and pleasure. Otherwise what’s the point, but that's how consent works. I told you what I wanted and you agreed. You can say no. We can talk about it, we can negotiate. If we can't come to terms, we don't have to sleep together. It's that simple." (p. 192, Kindle Edition)

It is what it is because you allowed it to be so.

I want to rewind the clock, take back the night when the world shattered. I want to erase everything that went wrong.

Margot thought: oh, no. But the thought of what it would take to stop what she had set in motion was overwhelming; it would require an amount of tact and gentleness that she felt was impossible to summon. It wasn't that she was scared he would try to force her to do something against her will but that insisting they stop now, after everything she'd done to push this forward, would make her seem spoiled and capricious, as if she'd ordered something at a restaurant and then, once the food arrived, had changed her mind and sent it back.