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Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice. ↗

— Will Durant

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The decision to join or not join a service union, political party or other organization should be left up to the individual. No such organization has the right to take money out of the pockets of state workers without their proper consent. ↗

— Matt Blunt

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I had, toward the last, been shut off from all visitors, and so when the lawyer, Peter A. Hendricks, came and told me that friends of mine were willing to take charge of me if I would rather be with them than in the asylum, I was only too glad to give my consent. ↗

— Nellie Bly

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The Government and the Parliament, even the House of Lords, will consent to a large increase of electors; and men who have not considered the subject fully will imagine they have gained much by the concession. ↗

— John Bright

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I think the State shouldn't poke its nose into the sexual relations of consenting adults. ↗

— Rocco Buttiglione

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I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults. ↗

— Gore Vidal

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Cats don't like change without their consent. ↗

— Roger Caras

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Those who consent to the act and those who do it shall be equally punished. ↗

— Edward Coke

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The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination. ↗

— Robert Frost

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I had to overcome the name Rock. If I'd been as hip then as I am now, I would have never consented to be named Rock. ↗

— Rock Hudson

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