Quotes About Consent

It's impossible to ravish me, I'm so willing.

I am always a perfect gentleman. If you ever want me to not be a perfect gentlemen, you'll have to ask and not be crying when you do.

Say yes, Jordan, " he said, shifting closer."No, " I said.Owen smiled. "Close enough." And then he kissed me.

Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed

No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent.

You can never get more by saying "No." You can hold a current position by saying "No", but you can only move forward by saying "Yes."

Within each of us lies the power of our consent to health and sickness, to riches and poverty, to freedom and to slavery. It is we who control these, and not another.

Refuse to deny what you know but consent to how little that will always be, and, when the moment comes, the sky will open and the liberating intrusion will descend upon you.

Silence does not always imply consent. Sometimes it simply means that the silent one has opted out of a discussion with idiots.

No being has the right to say to another, "Do this, or I will hurt you".

Asking an older child, "Would you like a hug?" or "May I give you a hug?" will help give them a sense of control over their bodies.

Children under the age of 16, 17, or even 18 are generally not psychologically or emotionally mature enough to consent fully to sexual relationships with adults, or to participate in them on an equal footing.

Nobody likes him now but the people

The value of money has been settled by general consent to express our wants and our property, as letters were invented to express our ideas; and both these institutions, by giving a more active energy to the powers and passions of human nature, have contributed to multiply the objects they were designed to represent.

Is reality a consensual hallucination? And is a nervous breakdown in fact a refusal to consent? Go on, don't be shy, tell me what you think.

Any man with money to make the purchase may become a dog's owner. But no man --spend he ever so much coin and food and tact in the effort-- may become a dog's Master without consent of the dog. Do you get the difference? And he whom a dog once unreservedly accepts as Master is forever that dog's God.

Any man with money to make the purchase may become a dog's owner. But no man—spend he ever so much coin and food and tact in the effort—may become a dog's Master without the consent of the dog. Do you get the difference? And he whom a dog once unreservedly accepts as Master is forever that dog's God.

You sh?ould? not have taken advantage of my sensibility to ste?al? into my affections without my consent. But as you have done it and as we are generally indulgent to those we love, I shall not scruple to pardon the fraud you have committed, on condition that for my sake, if not for your own, you will always continue to merit the partiality, which you have so artfully instilled into ?me?.

The possibility of a question of this nature, proves the necessity of laying the foundations of our National Government deeper than in the mere sanction of delegated authority. The fabric of American Empire ought to rest on the solid basis of the consent of the People. The streams of National power ought to flow immediately from that pure original fountain of all legitimate authority.

It will be the office of the President to nominate, and, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint. There will, of course, be no exertion of choice on the part of the Senate. They may defeat one choice of the Executive, and oblige him to make another; but they cannot themselves choose—they can only ratify or reject the choice of the President.

In the desert we first make sure that a woman longs for the kiss, and then we kiss her without asking.

We cannot say no to what has already been approved by the citizens.

My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfied us both. They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please.

I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no.