Quotes About Consent

Si dices «no» a tu jefe, a tu mujer o a tu madre cuando hay que decírselo, entonces te transformas en alguien que puede decir «no» cuando hay que decirlo. Por el contrario, si dices «sí» cuando tienes que decir «no», te transformas en alguien que solo puede decir «sí», incluso cuando manifiestamente toca decir lo contrario.

The only time /no/ ever means /no/ in the absence of violence is when it is uttered by one civilized person to another.

Public opinion doesn't exist. More precisely, it exists sometimes, concerning matters about which there's a clear majority view.

But because their ancestors were men of righteousness, shall we consent to the abuses of their degenerate descendants? Because they did us a great good, would we be guilty if we prevented them from doing us evil?

Other theories regarding this verse have been put forward by those who believe God will give his consent to angels that they may finally freely mix with people.

You have both declared your consent. May the Lord in his goodness strengthen your consent and fill you both with His blessings.

"May I print a kiss on your lips?" I said, And she nodded her full permission: So we went to press and I rather guess We printed a full edition.

Matrimony is not only a Sacrament, but it is also a con tract requiring the mutual consent of both parties. There can be no true consent without an intention to get married.

I sincerely apologize for copying your wife without her knowledge or permission.

L0hengrin saw me noticing this and nodded her approval. But she didn't say anything

The Court explicitly rejected the argument that the government had to show that the consent to a search had to involve a person's "knowing" waiver of his or her rights.

Proof of knowledge of the right to refuse consent, Justice Stewart wrote, is not "a necessary prerequisite to demonstrating a 'voluntary' consent."6

Schneckloth v. Bustamonte is important on many levels. First, it dramatically empowers police to be able to search. It obviates the need for police to meet all the requirements of the Fourth Amendment, such as the need for probable cause (or at least reasonable suspicion) and the need for a warrant. It is estimated that consent searches comprise over 90 percent of all warrantless searches.

Human excellence means nothing unless it works with the consent of God.

Your very silence shows you agree.

Most of you probably already know this but for those who don't, I was a bit of a trailblazer in the field of salacious photos released without consent.

It's remarkably easy to dig up enormous amounts of information about individuals, without their consent.

The best contraceptive is the word no - repeated frequently.

The Assad regime has lost the consent of the governed, and it is difficult to see how a replacement Alawite regime would be able to regain this consent.

No man can be subject to any laws, excepting those which have received the assent of himself or his representatives and which are promulgated beforehand and applied legally.

The framers understood that the momentous decision to go to war requires the informed consent of the American people, expressed through their elected representatives.

At the end, we can embrace and love whatever we want of an author's work. But we also can't ignore a writer's express wish just because we don't happen to agree with it.

State-building can not be imposed. Its foundation must be a shared understanding between those who govern, and those who give their consent to be governed - the 'deal' between citizen and state.

An agreement cannot be the result of an imposition.