Unanimous Consent Quotes & Sayings

If you have feet, walk! If you have wings, fly! Whatever you have, use them! Don't let them to rust! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

That in all capital or criminal prosecutions a man bath a right to demand the cause and nature of his accusation, to be confronted with the accusers and witnesses, to call for evidence in his favor, and to a speedy trial by an impartial jury of twelve men of his vicinage, without whose unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty; nor can he be compelled to give evidence against himself; that no man be deprived of his liberty, except by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers. — George Mason

It's never pleasant to have one's unquestioning beliefs put in their historical context, as I know from experience, I can assure you. — Kingsley Amis

Europe has never existed. One must genuinely create Europe. — Jean Monnet

There are two ways of looking at the talking filibuster. My way is as a form of unanimous consent. — Jeff Merkley

Nothing that results in human progress is achieved with unanimous consent. Those that are enlightened before the others are condemned to pursue that light in spite of the others. — Christopher Columbus

Rhedi: I am always afraid that they will eventually succeed in discovering some secret which will provide a quicker way of making men die, and exterminate whole countries and nations.
Usbek: No, if such a fateful invention came to be discovered, it would soon be banned by international law; by the unanimous consent of every country the discovery would be buried. — Montesquieu

I didn't know how to let you go. — Katie Cotugno

Nothing that results in progress is achieved by unanimous consent! — Jerry Ring

Mitt Romney's email was hacked! So if you start getting messages that sound like they're from a bot, he's fixed the problem. — Stephen Colbert

Readings are more like weaving a tapestry. Possibly people are getting a cathartic release - but music is physical. Music pummels you. It's got a beat; it's loud. Whereas this is more cerebral. — John Darnielle

Family are the people who must make you feel ashamed when you are deserving of shame. — Jonathan Safran Foer

When we suffer, God empowers us to face the worst and become our best. — Mark Buchanan

My way of viewing the talking filibuster was as a way of doing unanimous consent with your feet. You object by going down and talking. — Jeff Merkley

The law says you cannot touch, but I see a lot of lawbreakers up in this house. — Matthew McConaughey