Quotes About Consent

When the attending gave me the go-ahead

Do we ever say that we need them to agree to it anyway? I've never seen it. Given the stakes, who in their right mind would agree to be practiced upon?

So the night before the operation he did an unusual thing: he discussed the treatment options with her and let her choose.

But I said nothing of such things when I asked my patient's permission to do his line.

Everyone has the right to make his own decisions, but none has the right to force his decision on others.

What you feel in the presence of a thing you admire is just one word—'Yes.' The affirmation, the acceptance, the sign of admittance.

That is how the dream begins. All around me, something is awaiting my consent, my inner acquiescence, and I know, or rather the knowledge exists, that I must not give way to an unknown temptation, for the more the silence seems to promise, the more terrible the outcome will be. Yet I essentially know no such thing, because I would be afraid if I knew, and I never felt the slightest fear.

And even if she says no, and really means yes, then quite frankly she's playing games and isn't worth the price of dinner.

if shes says no, then you have to assume she means it...because if you force her to do something she doesn't want to do, then your in big trouble mister... and even if she says no, and really means yes, the quite frankly she's playing games and isn't worth the price of dinner.

A man's mistakes (if I may lecture you), his worst acts, aren't out of character, as he'd like to think, are not put on him by power or stress or too much to drink, but simply a worse self he consents to be.

could consistently tell me no without making me angry. He was a genius of no.

Unless you refuse the bad things happening to you, you will continue to suffer with your own consent!

Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication.

When it comes to being a good lover, a guy has to ask a girl what she wants and be willing to give it to her.

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

Ultimately, who you choose to be in a relationship with and what you do in your bedroom is your business.

This is not informed consent—it should be called "coercive consent," as the patient is left with little viable or practical alternative. It's just like the software upgrade download, but regarding a much more serious matter.

Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution requires the consent of a state before a new state can be formed from its territory.

Every person and institution with power in our society today has it because we give it to them.

The nurse told me I could

I want to do a lot of things to your body, but that's not one of them.

I would never want to force you to do something you don't want to do, I don't ever want to take something from you that you don't want to give me.

but the first rule about a black woman's hair is you don't talk about a black woman's hair. And the second rule is you don't ever touch a black woman's hair without getting written permission first.

I agreed, with reluctance.