“And it is undeniably true that the greatest and most important right of a British subject is that he shall be governed by no laws but those to which he, either in person or by his representatives, hath given his consent; and this, I will venture to assert, is the great basis of British freedom; it is interwoven with the Constitution, and whenever this is lost, the Constitution must be destroyed.” PersonsImportantLawLostGivenSubjectsBasesConstitutionBritishDestroyedPatrioticRepresentativesVentureConsent Author:Joseph Warren
“All of those broken bones in northern Japan, all of those broken lives and those broken homes prompt us to remember what in calmer times we are invariably minded to forget: the most stern and chilling of mantras, which holds, quite simply, that mankind inhabits this earth subject to geological consent - which can be withdrawn at any time.” HomeEarthRememberForgetSubjectsMankindBrokenBonesJapanConsentChillMantrasPromptsCalmerBroken HomesBroken Bone Author:Simon Winchester
“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.” MenGovernmentHouseLordImagineSubjectsIncreaseConsentParliamentConcessionsHouse Of Lords Book:The Public Letters of John Bright Source: The Public Letters of John Bright
“We will not submit to have our own money taken out of our pockets without our consent; because if any man or any set of men take from us without our consent or that of our representatives one shilling in the pound we have not security for the remaining nineteen. We owe to our mother country the duty of subjects but will not pay her the submission of slaves.” IfsMenCountryMotherPayTakenSubjectsSecurityDutySlavePocketsPoundsSubmitRepresentativesConsentSubmissionNineteenMother Country Author:George Mason