#consent

I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

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Commitment means that it is possible for a man to yield the nerve center of his consent to a purpose or cause, a movement or an ideal, which may be more important to him than whether he lives or dies. ↗

— Howard Thurman

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Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet noble, idea that government derives its validity from the consent of the governed. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

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Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals. ↗

— George Washington

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Many people do not realize that where unions have bargaining rights employers cannot raise wages or improve benefit plans any more than they can reduce them without of the consent of the union. ↗

— Charles E. Wilson

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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. ↗

— Andre Gide

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President Obama's decision to bypass the constitutional advice and consent of the Senate is not an isolated incident. ↗

— Chuck Grassley

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You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

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If the business community and political elite want to go to war they find it easy to mobilize domestic consent. ↗

— Edward S. Herman

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To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing. ↗

— Herodotus

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