Granting Assent

Famous quotes containing the words granting and/or assent:

    For granting we have sinned, and that the offence
    Of man is made against Omnipotence,
    Some price that bears proportion must be paid,
    And infinite with infinite be weighed.
    John Dryden (1631–1700)

    I cannot assent to a measure which stains our credit. We must keep that untainted. We are a debtor nation. Low rates of interest on the vast indebtedness we must carry for many years, is the important end to be kept in view. Expediency and justice both demand honest coinage.
    Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)