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Libertarians typically argue that particular obligations, at least under normal circumstances, must be created by consent; they cannot be unilaterally imposed by others. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

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I cannot consent to be led three or four hundred leagues out of my route, without its being by force of arms. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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Your silence gives consent. ↗

— Plato

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I shall assume that your silence gives consent. ↗

— Plato

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No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert. ↗

— Vince Lombardi

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Advice and consent does not mean rubber stamp in the Senate. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

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I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults. ↗

— Molly Ivins

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Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... You can more easily scratch a diamond with your fingernail than you can by any human ingenuity get a woman to consent to giving any of her savings. ↗

— Andreas Capellanus

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If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity. ↗

— Albert Einstein

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