In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of.    From LearnThat.org.  [Confucius, Source: Analects, VIII, c. 500 B.C.]

Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed--Declaration of Independence.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yes, Faisal Shahzad must get Mirandized. | RedState] Reference

Democrats learned this when we governed from the far left.    From Wordnik.com.  [mjh's blog — 2005 — October] Reference

Voters don't want to be governed from the left, right or center.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Vote Against Dems, Not for the GOP] Reference

Alas for the political class, the consent of the governed is still necessary.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » California’s Woes and Prop 13] Reference

They are unattractive because the “Reason” by which they are governed is really a desire for death.    From Wordnik.com.  [Politics vs. Literature: An Examination of Gulliver’s Travels] Reference

How can true popular sovereignty possibly exist in a condition where the consent to be governed is alsotrue?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » “The Rise of the New Paternalism”] Reference

How can true popular sovereignty possibly exist in a condition where the consent to be governed is also true?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » “The Rise of the New Paternalism”] Reference

Silva entered office with a background as a leftist labor leader, but he governed from a moderate perspective.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dilma Rousseff Elected Brazil's President] Reference

Republicans have challenged Obama by arguing that he has governed from the left while the country is center-right.    From Wordnik.com.  [Election results are open to (careful) interpretation] Reference

The larger lesson is that we are learning for the fourth time in 45 years that America can't be governed from the left.    From Wordnik.com.  [There They Went Again] Reference

Not to talk about Obama who has governed from the dead center, dissapointing his most fervent and progressive followers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Hugo Chavez, Inflation Hawk] Reference

This widening dichotomy of trust between the governors and the governed is not limited to the radical young or the financially strapped.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Future of the Canadian Establishment] Reference

There has only been one Democratic President reelected in the last 60 years, and that's the only one who governed from a moderate position.    From Wordnik.com.  [GOP's new youth ambassador: Lady Gaga?] Reference

Consent of the governed is a cornerstone of good, healthy democracy.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Elections division hangs credibility in the balance] Reference

The Good of the governed is the End, and Rewards and Punishments are the.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Adams diary 15, 30 January 1768, 10 August 1769 - 22 August 1770] Reference

It's not a region where emotions are governed, which is very interesting.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 14, 2007] Reference

All civil government is for the governed, that is, for the community at large.    From Wordnik.com.  [Moral Philosophy] Reference

The consent of the governed is the sole, legitimate authority of any government!.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II] Reference

If governments derive their just power from the consent of the governed, that is final.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notable & Quotable] Reference

During this particular Congress, Obama could’ve governed from the left, had he wanted to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » The Real Story on Bankster Political Influence] Reference

Free will and the consent of the governed were the great principles lying at its foundation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, for the Session of 1861-62] Reference

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2004-12-01] Reference

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama the Patronizing Lecturer, Refusing to Yield and Force on you the Change You Don’t Want | RedState] Reference

Government by the consent of the governed is a hoax unless the people know what their government is doing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bruce Fein: Ten Congressional Commandments] Reference

Let governors be obliged, in the first place, to reform, and then the governed will be the sooner influenced.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther)] Reference

Are political calls governed by the do not call registry that the federal government maintains, or are they an exception?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Big Union Robocall Hammers McCain For "Getting Rid Of The Rules For The Fatcats On Wall Street"] Reference

Sadly this also undermines the argument that the consent of the governed is the sine qua non of governmental legitimacy (lawfulness).    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Country must be governed from the middle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Today’s Joe Lieberman Fact] Reference

The governed is tired of being ill-represented.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sen. Reid to GOP: I need some time off to raise money. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState] Reference

And that kind of governed the politics of how he operated.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 8, 2003] Reference

In October, 1963, the 'governed' began withholding their consent to the Vietnam War in mass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lives in the balance-- I never expected to be the mother of a trained killer...] Reference

Thereafter a succession of incompetent and corrupt generals "governed" what was left of the country.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stanley Kutler: WITH FRIENDS LIKE THAT. . . .] Reference

Significant parts of the world, including in places such as Mexico, are now "governed" by tribes, clans, and gangs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gary Hart: The Shrinking State] Reference

Any motor vehicle capable of speeds above 10 miles per hour will have to be scrapped or "governed" to a lower speed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Napolitano: No indication of wider plot in botched airline attack] Reference

Since, after all, it is the "governed" that are providing them - yet were never consulted for these new "property thefts.".    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S.A., Inc.: States Now Levying Service Charges For Traffic Offenses] Reference

Because the purchases will in many cases be larger than 200,000 euro, they are 'governed' by the EU purchasing regulations.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Letter from Limburg] Reference