
Source: Liberalism (1911), Chapter IV, "Laissez - Faire", p. 50.
Source: Super Sad True Love Story
Source: Liberalism (1911), Chapter IV, "Laissez - Faire", p. 50.
319 U.S. 641
Judicial opinions, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
Context: We set up government by consent of the governed, and the Bill of Rights denies those in power any legal opportunity to coerce that consent. Authority here is to be controlled by public opinion, not public opinion by authority.
Principles of Mathematics (1903), p. 450
1900s
“Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.”
"What is Civilization?" Ladies' Home Journal, LXIII (January, 1946).
Blood Meridian (1985)
Source: Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West
“The mere existence of atomic weapons implies the possibility of their use.”
Quoted in "The arms race: a programme for world disarmament" - Page 297 - by Philip John Noel-Baker - Political Science - 1960