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Quotes About Consent

No hugging," I warned her. It was in our contract. "Do you need emotional support? Do you want me to call someone?
~ Martha Wells
The New England Jornal of Medicine reports that nine out of ten doctors agree that one out of ten doctors is an idiot.
~ Jay Leno
Unless it is by mutual consent, for a specific prayer need and for a brief period of time, sexual abstinence can become a tool of Satan. It is never to be used as pretense for spiritual superiority or as a means of intimidating or manipulating one's spouse. Physical love is to be a normal and regular experience shared by both marriage partners alike, as a gift from God.
~ Unknown
It is not the bloodletting that calls down power. It is the consenting.
~ Mary Renault
If we once manufactured the consent of the population for everything from the Vietnam War to the bombing of Kosovo to the occupation of Iraq, we're now manufacturing discontent . It's the only way to prevent a popular uprising.
~ Matt Taibbi
Power, without the consent of those over whom it is exercised, is a fraud that cannot long endure, a delicate balance between fear and rebellion, which may suddenly be overset when enough men become aware that they all think alike.
~ Maurice Druon
It might go down better than appearing as a giant reptile encased in a ball of fire and forcing yourself on her.' 'WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BRING THAT UP?
~ Meg Rosoff
That's what all love comes down to, doesn't it? We help others only as much as they let us.
~ Megan McCafferty
We help others only as much as they let us.
~ Megan McCafferty
Heart is the only thing which cannot be stolen without consent.
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
Begin with no; it's easier to say yes later. It's difficult (and damaging to your reputation) to say yes and then change your mind.
~ Unknown
Peace needs the consent of all, while one alone may raise a war.
~ Michael Flynn
Putting aside the issue of how compelling her need for money may have been, and how significant her understanding of the consequences, we suggest that her consent is irrelevant. There are, in a civilized society, some things that money cannot buy.41
~ Michael J. Sandel
They can stop their government any time they wish, simply through brute force or civil disobedience. No tyrant ever rules without the consent of the ruled. They are guilty by their inaction. "And
~ Michael Z. Williamson
Living together alone is hell between consenting adults.
~ Michel Houellebecq
La solitude à deux est l'enfer consenti.
~ Michel Houellebecq
The Americans are right: there should not be taxation unless the people consent to it. And it should be fair, which means the nobility and clergy should be taxed as well.
~ Michelle Moran
Sometimes, to remain silent is to lie, since silence can be interpreted as assent.
~ Miguel de Unamuno
You should never have to say hello or goodbye. Even at work sometimes, and I know this is very unpopular, is that if I'm going to work every single day, I don't think you should have to hug people hello every single day when you come to work. I saw you Monday!
~ Mindy Kaling
Consentimos el poder del Estado porque se supone que garantiza el mínimo grado de estabilidad y previsibilidad que necesitamos para tener vidas más seguras y plenas.
~ Moisés Naím
si vous m'aimez, monsieur, vous devez vouloir tout ce que je veux.
~ Moliere
Since more convincing proof is still demanded, I must make up my mind to humour people. If my consent give reason for offence, So much the worse for him who forced me to it;
~ Moliere
we are the government," then anything a government does to an individual is not only just and untyrannical but also "voluntary" on the part of the individual concerned.
~ Murray N. Rothbard
While liberals are in favor of any sexual activity engaged in by two consenting adults, when these consenting adults engage in trade or exchange, the liberals step in to harass, cripple, restrict, or prohibit that trade. And yet both the consenting sexual activity and the trade are similar expressions of liberty in action.
~ Murray N. Rothbard