One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
If you wish to appear agreeable in society you must consent to be taught many things which you know already.
Our will makes constantly a sort of agreement with the world whereby if the world will continually show some respect to the will the will shall consent to be strenuous in its industry.
By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory the only object of respect that can never excite envy.
No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent.
If the Holy Spirit can take over the subconscious with our consent and cooperation then we have almighty Power working at the basis of our lives then we can do anything we ought to do go anywhere we ought to go and be anything we ought to be.
The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination.
You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing.
Commitment means that it is possible for a man to yield the nerve center of his consent to a purpose or cause a movement or an ideal which may be more important to him than whether he lives or dies.
Informed consent is required for every invasive medical procedure from getting your ears pierced to having an abortion.
In our system leadership is by consent not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership.
No power in society no hardship in your condition can depress you keep you down in knowledge power virtue influence but by your own consent.
I can be forced to live without happiness but I will never consent to live without honor.
Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.
The Government and the Parliament even the House of Lords will consent to a large increase of electors and men who have not considered the subject fully will imagine they have gained much by the concession.
Two hundred years ago our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple yet noble idea that government derives its validity from the consent of the governed.
Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights.