Rose Kennedy
Socialite
"There can be no really pervasive system of oppression, such as that in the United States, without the consent of the oppressed"
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Consent
38 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Martin Luther
Theologian
"The will of man without grace is not free, but is enslaved, and that too with its own consent."
Robert Browning
Poet, Playwright
"There is nothing so unpardonable as to consent to a senseless, aimless, purposeless life."
Henry David Thoreau
Writer, Philosopher
"Dissent without action is consent."
Elie Wiesel
Writer, Holocaust Survivor
"I came to the conclusion that I am free to choose my own suffering. But I am not free to consent to someone else's suffering."
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"I hate to tell you how old I am, but I reached the age of consent 75,000 consents ago."
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"Silence always gives consent."
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"I consent Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best."
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"Familiarity breeds consent."
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"Human excellence means nothing Unless it works with the consent of God."
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"A little still she strove, and much repented, And whispering “I will ne'er consent”—consented."
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"People can only make you inferior with your consent."
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"We cannot consent to be judged by someone who has suffered less than ourselves. And since each of us regards himself as an unrecognized Job."
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"If someone is passed out they're not even WITH you consciously! so WITH implies consent."
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"Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."
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"The order of things consents to virtue."
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"I would consent to have a limb amputated to recover my spirits"
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"The status of 'native' is a nervous condition introduced and maintained by the settler among colonized people with their consent."
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