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

It is plain that, when it comes to inferior officers, Congress itself can pass a law sending these nominees to the President with him having the authority to put them on the bench without the advice and consent of the Senate. ↗

— John Jay Hooker

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The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint, upon the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate, and it plainly does not give a minority of senators any right to interfere with that process. ↗

— John Jay Hooker

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The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

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My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores. Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

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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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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

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

— Albert Einstein

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No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent. ↗